
SAMUEL THOMAS DOLE 



Windham in the Past 



SAMUEL THOMAS DOLE 



EDITED BY 

FREDERICK HOWARD DOLE 



AUBURN. MAINE 

MERRILL i. WEBBER COMPANY 

MCMXVI 



CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I. 

The Township. 

CHAPTER II. 

The Early Settlers 

CHAPTER III. 
Indl\n Troubles and Military Affairs. 

CHAPTER IV. 

Ecclesiastical. 

CHAPTER V. 

Ecclesiastical (Continued) . 

CHAPTER VI. 

Division of the Common Lands. Disputed Boundary. Incor- 
poration OF the Town. Property of the Town. 
Poor Laws. General Characteristics 
OF THE Town. 

CHAPTER VII. 

Schools. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

Windham in the Revolution. 

CHAPTER IX. 

Windham in the War op 1812. 

CHAPTER X. 

Industries, Manufactures, Etc. 



g CONTENTS 

CHAPTER XI. 

Industries, ^Manufactures, Etc. (Continued). 

CHAPTER XII. 

Grocers and General Traders. Associations. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

AViNDHAM IN THE REBELLION. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

Early Homes, AIanners and Customs. Notable Incidents in 

THE Town's History. 

CHAPTER XV. 

Genealogy. 

APPENDIX I. 

Additional Genealogies. 

APPENDIX II. 

Town Officers. 



ilutrnfturtiflu by ttje iE&ttnr 



The following pages were written by the Author as a labor 
of love. During the last twenty years of his life, he was con- 
stantly collecting and arranging the material here presented to 
the reader. He had access to all of the town records, including 
those of the original Proprietors, of which he made a verbatim 
copy. Churches and Societies generously loaned him their 
record books. In the genealogical division of the work, he was, 
in most cases, assisted by the Windham representatives of those 
families whose record is given, where there were any such rep- 
resentatives left in the town. Church, town, and family records 
furnished his material for the genealogies of the older families, 
who had no present representatives in "Windham. He was pains- 
taking in establishing the truth of every statement herein made, 
and the keynote of the whole book is its absolute reliability. 

After the author's death, the AVindham Town History Com- 
mittee engaged the services of the present Editor to bring the 
History down to date (191-t), and to secure additional genealo- 
gies, either from those older families whom Air. Dole had not 
included in his work, or from those who had recently moved into 
AVindham. For this purpose, the Committee sent the Editor a 
list of about ninety names of representatives of such families, 
now resident in the Town. A printed request was mailed to 
each of these representatives to furnish such material as he 
wished included among the genealogies in this History. About 
four months later, the Editor made a personal call upon all of 
these people whom he was able to find at home, for the purpose 
of collecting this material. To the others he mailed a second 
request for the same. All who supplied said material have their 
genealogies included in Appendix I. In arranging these family 
records, however, the history of the family, prior to its entering 
AVindham, is, in most cases, omitted; except that the national 
origin has been given. Neither does the Editor claim to know, 
on his own authority, that the statements given in this set of 



8 INTRODUCTION 

genealogies are correct; and the person who supplied the in- 
formation must, in all cases, be held responsible for their relia- 
bility. 

Both in the Author's behalf and his own, the Editor wishes 
to express his hearty thanks to those residents of Windham, 
past and present, who have assisted in maldng this History pos- 
sible, by furnishing material obtainable from no other source. 

As one who is no longer a resident and voter in the Town, 
the Editor feels perfectly free to congratulate the citizens of 
Windham for the practical interest which they have shown in 
the preservation of their town records, by voting funds for the 
publication of this work. 

Frederick Howard Dole. 

Medford, Mass., Jan. 17, 1916. 



WINDHAM IN THE PAST 



CHAPTER I 

The Township 

The history of Windham. Maine, commences on Thursday, 
Nov. 20th, in that far off year, 1734, when Abraham Howard and 
Joseph Blaney, Representatives of the ancient Town of Marble- 
head, presented a petition to the Great and General Court for 
His ^lajesty's Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England, 
in which they stated that said township was of very small extent 
and the inhabitants more numerous than in most towns of the 
Province, so that they were much straitened in their accom- 
modation. They, therefore, prayed for a "Tract of Land for a 
Township for such persons belonging to said Town of Marble- 
head as will settle thereon." 

Immediate action appears to have been taken on the foregoing 
petition, as the following entry in the Proprietors' Book of 
Records goes to show: 

"In the House of Representatives: 

Read and Voted: That there be and hereby is Granted a 
Tract of Land of the Contents of six miles square Lying Eastward 
and adjoining to the Township lately laid out to the Narragansett 
Grantees on the Back of Falmouth in the County of York. — And 
that John Wainwright Esqr., John Hobson and Daniel Epes 
Esqr., with such as the Honable Board shall appoint, be a com- 
mittee fully authorized to admit sixty inhabitants belonging to 
the Town of Marblehead that are most likely to settle and bring 
forward a new plantation, and that most need a grant of Land. 
And the Committee to lay out the said Township as also the first 
Division of Home Lotts in as defensible a manner as conveniently 
may be. The number of Lotts to be sixty-three, and to draw 
future divisions in equal proportions. Three of the aforesaid 



1(1 WIiVDIIAVl IX 'I'lIK I'AS'l' 

Lotts or fliglits to be disposed of. One to the tii'st settled Min- 
ister, one to the Miiii«try. and the otlier to tlie use of the sehool. 
This to be eonfirnied iij)()ti the Grantees fulfilling tlie following 
eonditions. And for that l*urpose that the eonimittee shall have 
the sum of twenty-five pounds each for the perforrnanee. on con- 
dition that they he u])on the spot and have an house built eighteen 
feet square and .seven feet stud at the least, and also to have seven 
acres of Land brought to English Grass and fitted for mowing. 
That they settle a Learned Orthodox Minister and l)uild a con- 
venient Meeting-Ilouse for the publick worship of.(iod within 
five years of their admission and that each Grantee pay the said 
Committee five pounds upon their admission, which shall be used 
tor defraying the charge of the survey. The Remainder to tie 
improved for the publick Benefit of the Plantation and u{)0ii 
failure of the Performances. The Right of such as fail to revert 
to the Province as if no sudi Grant had l»^'en made. 

"in Council Read and ('oncurri-d and 

\VU,L1AM DUDLKV / ■ , , ^. 

Lsfiurs. are loxiird in the .\rrair. 

I'.BRNTRZF.R P(fRHU,r;\ ' ' 

■■( 'on.sented to -I. Hki.ciikk. 
"Examined Pr. Thaodkis Mason l)e[)t. Secty." 

At the Massacliusetts State House the Court Reeords show 
that the petition was pasjsed in the House of Representatives De<'. 
14, 1784. and in the Council, on the 17th. In accordance with the 
foregoing vote of tlie General Court, the Committee appointed 
for that purpose repaired to Marblehead and admitted sixty of 
the inhabitants as Proprietors or Grantees of the new Township. 
A list of these, with tlu^ nvnidier of their indivitiual lots, will be 
given later. 

Their next action was as follows: " W a meeting of several 
of the Grantees. Ebenezer Hawkes. .Mr. Thomas, and William 
Goodwin were appointed to accompany the Great and General 
Court's Committee to assist and advise in locating and laying 
out sd. Tract of Land with the First Division of Home-Lots." 

Accordingly, on April 19, 1735, they assembled at Marble- 
head, with .Ml'. Rowland Houghton as surveyor employed by the 
Court's committee who accompanied them. They repaired to 
the grant of laud and returned on the J7tli of Mav, 1735. 



TFIF. TOWXSIIIP 11 

The following is Mr. Hougliton's report: 

"Province of Massachusetts Bay. — ^At tlie desire of the (,'oui- 
missioners of the Great and General Court Appointed in Decem- 
ber last to Lay out the contents of a Township six miles square 
with the first Division or Home liotts therein, on the Hack of the 
town of Falmouth in Casco l^ay. In answer to the Petition of 
Abraham Howard and Josepli Blaney Esqui-s. in Behalf of sun- 
dry inhabitants of Marblehead. 1 have repaired with said Com- 
mittee aecompani(Ml l)y a comiiiittee of the (irantees to the new 
G]-aiited Townsliip and hiid nut jtnd Plotted the same with the 
Home Lotts, having two eliHirmen to assist me namely Capn. 
Dominieus Joi-dan & Mr. Samuel Proctor, and in the proceeding 
therein 1 acted faithfully and according to my best skill. We 
began at a Place called Saearipy-Falls in tlie Presumpscot River 
and so as the River runs to a Great Pond called Great Sebago 
Pond — Thence North 45 Kast 4 miles 120 rods. Thence South 
45 East to .Vth Yarmouth Back Line. — Thence .') miles south 45 
west to the cornel- of North Yarmouth and Falmouth Bounds 
south 24. 20 minutes west 8 miles and 60 Rods to Sacaripy Palls. 
The Plan was taken upon a scale of 200 rods to the inch, and 
contains Twenty-five-thousand six hundred acres Ponds and 
Rivers included. And we judged according to our best observa- 
tion there was no more than the contents of six miles square of 
land in the Township Exclu.sive of water, wliicli is humbly sub- 
mitted. 

■'By yr Hours most Obdt Servt RowhAXf) ILtT'OHTON'. 

May ye L"). 17:^5. 

''Kxainined pr. Tii.\i>r)Rrs .Mason Dep. Secty.'' 

"hi the House of Re})resentatives June ye IS. 17:^5. tlie fore- 
going report was Read and it was 

Ordered that the Survey and Plott be and lierel)y is accepted 
and the Lands therein Delineated and Described are Accordingly 
Confirmed unto the Grantees Admitted by a Comtee of the Court 
On Petition of Abraham Howard & Joseph Blaney Esqrs. in of 
sundry Inhabitants of Marblehead in Dec. last. Their Heirs and 
Assigns forever Respectively. Provided the Petitioners their 
Heirs and Assigns Effectually comply with and Perform the 
Conditions afforesaid in all Respects. Provided also that the 



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Plott exceeds not the quantity of six miles square Exclusive of 
Pond & Water & does not interfere with any other Grant. 

A true Copy. 

"Examined pr. Thaddeus Mason. Depty Secry." 

The foregoing action of the General Court is important and 
interesting, as it is the foundation on which rests all the land 
titles in Windham at the present time. On June 27, 1735, the 
committee appointed for that purpose met at Marblehead and 
proceeded to dispose of the sixty-three home lots as follows: 

The first lot, or Number One, was disposed of for the use of 
the school, "Bounded at the North-westermost end of sd. Division 
of Home-Lots at a Large Pine tree marked E. B. 1, and on the 
North Eastward on a Road or Highway, sd. Highway being about 
half a mile from Presumscot River, and on said Road or Highway 
to measure in breadth Ten Rods from sd. Pine tree, South East- 
ward, and from sd. Road or Highway and Return on Right 
angles and parallel lines home to Presumpscot River, be it more 
or less." 

The remainder of the lots were bounded in the same manner 
as Number One, each being laid out ten rods wide and ends 
bounded east by the main road and west by the Presumpscot 
River. These lots extended 630 rods on the main road, beginning 
at the pine tree that marked the "North-westermost" end of the 
home lots and ended near the present Westbrook line. The 
venerable pine stood nearly opposite the residence of the late 
John Webb, Esq., and was destroyed by lightning in the early 
part of the last century. Its site is marked by a stone monument 
placed there by the town authorities many years ago. 

The following is a list of the Grantees, with the lot drawn to 
each name: 

School. 

Calley Wright. 

Capn. Robert Parramore, Mariner. 

Revd. Mr. George Pigot. 

^lieha Bowden, Carpenter. 

Samuel Stacey, tertiiis present, Master. 

Ebenezer Hawkes junr. Blacksmith. 

Richd. Dana, Gentleman. 



No. 


1. 


No. 


2. 


No. 


3. 


No. 


4. 


No. 


5. 


No. 


6. 


No. 


7. 


No. 


8. 



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No. 9. John Reed, Shoreman. 

No. 10. Thomas Wood, Sailmaker. 

No. 11. Robert Bull, Glazer. 

No. 12. Thomas Chute, Taylor. 

No. 13. Col. John Palmer. 

No. 14. Nicholas Edgeeome, Shoreman. 

No. 15. Capt. Peter Coleman. 

No. 16. James Sharrar, Servant to 



No. 17. Nathaniel Bartlett, Innholder. 

No. 18. Benjamin Dodge, Chairmaker. 

No. 19. Joseph Majory, Shoreman. 

No. 20. Jonathan Proctor, Shoreman. 

No. 21. John Stacey. Innholder. 

No. 22. Richard Reed, Sailmaker. 

No. 23. John Bailey, Brewer. 

No. 24. Ebenezer Stacey, Shoreman. 

No. 25. Thomas Bartlett, Fisherman. 

No. 26. James Perryman, Innholder. 

No. 27. Moses Galley, Shoreman. 

No. 28, RoberfHooper, Merchant. 

No. 29, Joseph Gallison, Shoreman. 

No. 30, Nathan Bowen, Gentleman. 

No. 31. James Skinner, Gentleman. 

No. 32. Abraham Howard, Esquire. 

No. 33. Ministry. 

No. 34. First Settled Minister (Rev. John Wight) 

No. 35. Nathaniel Cogswell, Joyner. 

No. 36. Benjamin Hendly. 

No. 37. Samuel Lee, Esquire. 

No. 38. Benjamin James, junr.. Fisherman. 

No. 39, Francis Bowden. 

No, 40. Rev. Wm. Edward Holyoke, 

No. 41. John Oulton, Esq. 

No. 42. Isaac Mansfield, Joyner. 

No. 43. Jedediah Blaney, Carpenter. 

No. 44. Joseph Howard. 

No. 45. Joseph Sweet, Merchant. 

No. 46. Samuel Brimblecome, Shoreman. 

No. 47. Joseph Griffin. 

No. 48. Capt. Joseph Smithurst, Mariner. 



14 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

No. 49. William Ingals, Shoreman. 

No. 50. Jeremiah Allen, Merchant. 

No. 51. John Felton, Shoreman. 

No. 52. Joseph Blaney, Esq. 

No. 53. Andrew Tucker. Shoreman. 

No. 54. Humphrey Devorix. 

No. 55. Nathaniel Evans. Chairmaker. 

No. 56. John Homan. 

No. 57. William Mayberry. Blacksmith. 

No. 58. William Goodwin, Carpenter. 

No. 59. Thomas Frothingham, Hatmaker. 

No. 60. Ebenez*^r Hawkes. Blacksmith. 

No. 61. Giles Ivreamy, Carter. 

No. 62. Isaac Turner, Joyner. 

No. 63. James Pearson. Painter. 

The residence of all these grantees was Marblehead. except 
Ben.iamin Dodge of Beverly, Nathaniel Cogswell of Haverhill, 
»nd James Pearson of Newbury. By an act of the General 
Court, June 19. 1735, the Grantees were empowered, as a cor- 
poi-ate body, to choose officers, hold meeting's, and ti'ansact the 
business of their township. 

By vii'tue of this act. the "Pi'0])i'ietoi's. " as they are styled 
henceforward, held theii- first rej^ular meeting at .Mai'blehead, on 
June 27, 1735. The following are the several votes then and 
there passed with reference to the improvement of the new town- 
ship: 

"Abraham Howard was Chosen Moderator for this Present 
Meeting. 

"William Goodwin was Chosen Props. Clerk. 

"Voted, that a Comtee be Chosen at this meeting. 

"Voted, that there be five men Chosen for a Comtee. 

"Voted, that William Goodwin, Joseph Blaney, Esq., Abra- 
ham Howard, Esq., John Oulton, Esq.. and Mr. Nathan Bowen 
be the Comtee. 

"Voted, that Joseph Blaney, Esq.. be Treasurer. 

"Voted, that the Comtee Draw up what they think proper for 
the best Method in order for the speedy Carrying on of the Settle- 



T 1 J K ■!'( ) W N S 1 1 1 1 • 15 

ment for the good of the Propis. and report the same for their 
Consideration at the adjournment of this Meeting. 

"Voted, to adjourn to Friday next, being the fourth day of 
July next at four of the Clock in the afternoon. July 4, 1735." 

The Pro])rietoi's met. according to adjoni-ninent, and the Com- 
mittee appointed at the previous meeting reported as follows : 

"Whereas the Lot number one extends half a mile from Pre- 
sumscot River to a large Pine Tree Marked E. B. 1, being on the 
Northermost Corner of the Range of Lots on the Main Road, and 
by mistake of the Surveyor, the Main Road is ^o laid out that the 
other End of the Range of Lots measures at least three (juarters 
of a mile, which is a great inconvenieney, the furthermost End 
of the Road being so far from the River." 

In order to remedy this mistake it was 

"Voted, that for bringing Each of the Lots as near as possible 
to the contents of ten acres, the said Road or Highway be now 
Run. Beginning at the aforesd Pine Tree marked E. B. 1. and to 
Run straight such a Course, (as near as possible) on a parallel 
line with the Common Course of the River through the whole of 
the Lots, so as to make both Ends of the Range of the Lots on an 
equal depth from sd. River and that each Lot Shall Return at a 
Right Angle from the sd. Road to the River. 

"Voted, that Each Home Lot have Ten Acres more of Land 
added to it on the other side of the Main Road, at the front of sd. 
Lots and to correctly measure on the same lines and the same 
Breadth as they will be when altered according to the foregoing 
vote, and the sd. addition to be accepted by and Divided among 
the several Propts. of the Lots which are opposite to them. 

"Voted, that the Main Road at the front of the Range of 
Home Lots and the three roads from sd. Main Road to the River, 
Be as soon as Conveniently can be done Cleared and made as 
passable as may be thought proper for the present, at the General 
Charge of the Proprietors or Grantees that the bounds of each 
Lot may be easier found and Improved. 

"Voted, that for carrying on of the Proprietors ^leetings for 
the Future, that hencefoward there shall be Annually a Pro- 
prietors' Meeting Called on the first Thursday of the Month of 



16 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

March, until otherwise ordered by the Proprs and the Comtee 
for the time being are hereby Impowered to Issue out their Noti- 
fication signed by the Clerk pr. their Order for sd. Meeting, and 
at sd. Meeting to make Choice of a Clerk and any other Officers 
for the year Ensuing, and also Transact any other Business Sig- 
nified in the Notification; and this Comtee shall have power to 
call any other meeting or meetings as Occasion shall call for, 
always having regard to the several Laws made and provided in 
such cases. 

"Voted, that all the Notifications and Meetings of the Pro- 
prietors During the term of five years shall be at the Town 
House in Marblehead and not Elsewhere. 

"Voted, that when and as often as Ten or more of the Propers 
shall judge a Propers meeting to be necessary they signifying 
the same under their hands to the Comtee for the time being, 
with Reasons and Occasions thereof, the sd. Comtee shall within 
two days after such application made to them Order a notifica- 
tion for calling sd. meetings to act upon such affairs as shall be 
laid before them by sd. Proprietors." 

"Aug. 8, 1735, at a meeting of the Propers or Grantees held 
according to notification. 

"The notification Read: ^ 

"Voted, ^Ir. Richard Dana be Chosen ^Moderator for this pres- 
ent meeting. 

"Voted, whether a Sawmill ])e built at a General Charge. 
Passed in the Negative. 

"Voted, that the affair Relating to the Granting of a place for 
a Sawmill be omitted for the present, no person of the Proprietors 
appearing to undertake the same. 

"Voted, that this meeting be adjourned to Thursday the 21st 
Instant at 3 of the clock in the afternoon." 

"Aug. 21st, 1735. At the adjournment, it was 

"Voted, that the Affair of the Boundary lines between the 
Tract of Land and the Towns of Falmouth and North Yarmouth 
be Deferred till further Consideration. 

"Voted, that the affair of new Running the Roads at the head 



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of the Lots be Deferred till some persons present themselves to 
go on the Land in order to clear the Roads. 

"Voted, that the sum of Thirty Five pounds nine shillings be 
Raised on the Proprietors or Grantees in order to make up the 
sum to pay the several Accts. which are allowed. 

''Voted, that the sum of Forty Shillings be added to the 
aforesd sum of Thirty Five Pounds nine shills To purchase a 
Suitable Book to Record all further Business Relating to this 
Society of Proprietors," 

"Dec. 13, 1735. At a meeting of the Proprietors according 
to Notification. 

"The Notification being Read ^Ir. John Bailey was Chosen 
Moderator of this present meeting. 

"Voted, that the Great and General Court be petitioned for 
the Effectual Establishing of the Bounds and line between the 
Towns of Falmouth and North Yarmouth and the Tract of Land 
granted Proprs or Grantees. 

"Voted, that the Present Comtee, Viz: John Oulton, Esq., 
Joseph Blaney, Esq., Mr. Nathan Bowen, and William Goodwin, 
be and hereby are Impowered in the name and behalf of the 
Propers or Grantees to Petition the Great and General Court to 
appoint some Suitable persons to Establish & Settle the Boundary 
line between the sd Tract of Land and the head line of Falmouth 
& North Yarmouth and that the same be forwarded as soon may 
be. 

"Voted, that a sufficient Cart Bridge be built over the Pre- 
sumscot River at the General Charge of the Proprs or Grantees 
in the most Convenient place above Sacaripy Falls, and be built 
as soon as the season will permit. 

"Voted, that the affair of building the public ^Meeting House 
be Deferred till further Consideration. 

"Voted, that there be three suitable persons appointed to 
cversee and carry on and perfect the building of the aforesd 
Bridge and Likewise to new lay out the Home Lots and Clear the 
Roads according to former votes. 

"Voted, that William GoodAvin. ]\Ir. Isaac Turner and Mr. 
Ebenezer Hawkes be the persons appointed for sd. work. 



IS Wl.VnilWI IN THE PAST 

"Voted, tluit the sum of Twenty six shillings be Leveyd and 
Raised on each of the sixty drawn lots as an additional Tax to 
the Forty Shillings formerly voted, and the same to be paid into 
the Treasury at or before the sixteenth day of March next En- 
suing and to be drawn out for the Defraying the Charges which 
shall arise in the building of the Bridge and Clearing the Roads 
and new laying out the first Division of Home Lots. 

"March ye 3, 1737. At the Annual Meeting, Mr. Ebenezer 
llawkes was Chosen Moderator for sd. meeting. 

"Voted, Mr. William Goodwin be Clerk for the year Ensuing. 

"Voted, that Suiificient Bridges be Built over the Several 
Brooks or Runs of water so as to make passable for Carts from 
the Bridge over Presumseot River to the fartherCiSt home lot 
from sd. Bridge. 

"Voted, whether the Publiek Meeting House be Iniilt as soon 
as may be. Passed in the negative." 

The foregoing votes, copied verbatim from the Proprietors' 
P.ook of Records, give us some idea of the interest these men had 
in their grant, and the efforts put forth to effect its settlement. 

The three cross-roads mentioned ran from the main road to 
the Presumpscot River and were located as follows: The first, 
between Home Lots 12 and 13; the second, between 32 and 33; 
and the third, between 52 and 53. The locations of the first and 
last were changed in 1761 to suit the convenience of the settlers. 
The clearing of the roads and building the necessary bridges 
over the brooks, several of which existed wdthin the limits of the 
home lots, was doubtless a heavy tax on the Proprietors. Never- 
theless, on Dec. 11, 1735, they voted to ''build a Bridge across 
the Presumpscot above the falls at Sacaripy," as they believed 
their grant extended to that point. Accordingly, we tind that the 
bridge was built and henceforth known as the "Great Bridge." 
The cost of building the bridge and clearing the road to the home- 
lots was £293.18.9, and it was also "Voted, to allow John Giles 
and Nathan Millet £10 each for their labors, and in Recompence 
for the casualty that befell them in said service." What hap- 
pe)ied to these gentlemen, history saith not. but there the vote 
stands approved, after the lapse of nearly two centuries. The 
above bridge, while it was doubtless a great convenience to the 



■nil-: •rdWNsiiiP 39 

settlers of New iNIarblehead, as AViiidhaiii was then called, was 
also a source of much expense to them ; as, from spring freshets, 
floating ice and logs, it frequently sustained serious injuries. 
Hence it was never regarded with much favor by most of the 
Proprietors. 

The First Meeting House 

The Proprietors of New ilarblehead having thus partially 
fitted their grant for settlement, now took measures to fulfill 
another important condition imposed by the Great and General 
Court, namely: "To build a convenient Meeting House for the 
public worship of God." The first notice we fiiid of any action 
on their part in regard to this condition was on Dec. 11, 1735, 
when it was 

''Voted, that the affair Of building the publick Meeting House 
be deferred for further Consideration." 

On ]\Iarch 3. 1737, a similar vote passed in the "negative." 
Put, on June 9th of that year, it was 

"Voted, that the Publick Meeting House be built as soon as 
may be." At the same time it was also 

"Voted, that the Present Comtee shall take under their Con- 
sideration of what dimension and form, with the price (as near 
as possible) of the Meeting House, and lay the same before the 
Proptrs or Grantees at the Adjournment of this meeting for their 
approbation." 

At tlie adjournment, tlu^ ('(Hiimittee tlicn i'e)>ofted tliat. in 
their o|)j)iion, "a meeting house suitable for sd. Township at 
present be about forty feet long and thirty feet wide and ten feet 
high from the bottom of the cell (sill) to the upside of the plate, 
the building of which so as to make convenient accommodation 
will cost near one hundred pounds." 

''Voted, that the Publick Meeting House be built on the 
\\esternmost corner of the lot of ten acres to be laid to the min- 
isterial lot." This was on Home Lot No. 33. on the easterly side 
of the main road, near the residence of the late Col. Edward 
Anderson. 

"Voted, that a space of ten poles square be cleared arround 



20 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

or where sd. Meeting House be built, to prevent its being sett on 
fire by any fire that may happen in the woods. 

''Voted, that the present Comtee Mr. John Bayley, Mr. 
Nathan Bow en and Capt. Benj. Hendley be and hereby are Im- 
powered to agree with and Oversee the Workmen in order for 
Erecting and Completing sd. house so far as shall be needful 
for the Present. 

"Voted, that the sum of one hundred and twenty pounds be 
assessed on the Proptrs or Grantees according to their several 
Kights and to be paid into the Treasury on or before the first day 
of August next for Defraying the Charge of building sd. Meet- 
ing House and Clearing the Land according to the aforesd votes, 
and that the Comtee be and hereby are Impowered to draw out 
of the Treasury the sum of sixty pounds for the carrying on of 
sd. work, and to lay their accounts before the propters or Grantees 
at a meeting called for that purpose for their acceptance and 
allowance. 

"Voted, that Mr. Thomas Chute be desired to inquire after 
any persons that may have or shall hereafter cut off any timber 
from the lands, and report the same to the proprietors." 

From the old Book of Records we learn that the committee 
for building the meeting house in a short time made a contract 
with Mr. Nathaniel Cogswell, one of the grantees, to build the 
meeting house according to the aforesaid votes. It also appears 
that Mv. Cogswell came here and commenced his work, and had 
made considerable progress, when the work was suddenly ar- 
rested by the Indians, who claimed the land on both sides of the 
Tresumpscot River. By threats and menaces they so frightened 
the workmen that they left the building in an unfinished state and 
returned to their homes. This unlocked for interruption so dis- 
heartened the Proprietors that they petitioned the committee for 
a meeting to consider the best course to be taken in the matter. 

The petition, which bears date of "March ye 16th, 1738," 
is as follows: 

"To Mesrs. John Bayley. Benj. Hendley and Nathan Bowen, 
the present Committee to the Proprs. or Grantees of the Tract of 
Land laid out on the back of the Towns of Falmouth and North 
Yarmouth adjoining to the Presumscot River in the County of 



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York. The Desire of us the Subscribers, (being Propers, in 
Common to sd. Tract of Land), Humbly sheweth, that whereas 
Information hath been Given in a Letter from Mr. Thomas 
Chute of Falmouth, that the Indians hath forbid the proceeding 
of the workmen in Building the Meeting House on sd. Land 
which hath not only put a stop to said proceeding, but is also 
of great discouragement to those who designed Settlement on 
their several Lotts this Spring (The time being near Expiring 
for said settlement according to the Conditions of the Great and 
General Court). Wherefore our Desire is that a meeting of the 
Proprs. or Grantees be called as soon as may be, to consider and 
■vote whether it be not most for the benefit of the Proprietors of 
said Land, that some suitable person or persons be appointed in 
the name and at the Charge of the said propers. To have some 
Confrence with the Indians who claim the sd. Lands, In order 
to know" their demands and Intentions That they may Lay the 
same before the Government for their advice and direction in 
our further proceeding in said Settlement. And to Choose a 
Collector in the Room or Stead of INIr. Michael Bowden, who 
Refuses to serve in sd. office, or Order and appoint some other 
way for Raising or Gathering sd. money for the payment of the 
several Accts. which have been accepted and allowed. 

"Marblehead, March ye 16, 1738. 

Ebenezer Hawkes, Richard Reed, Jeda. Blaney, Samuel 
Brimbiecom, Andrew Tucker, Joseph Sweet, Robt. Hooper Jr., 
John Palmer, Ebenezer Hawkes Jr.. Joseph Griffin. 

"A true Copy. Attest, 

William Goodwin, Clerk." 

In response to the foregoing petition, the committee issued 
a call for a Proprietors' meeting to be held at the town house in 
Marblehead, on April 3d, 1738. They met, accordingly, and 
chose Mr. John Bayley Moderator; and, among others, the fol- 
lowing votes were passed: 

"To see if there should be a Comtee chosen to treat with the 
Indians, and it was passed in the Affirmative. 

''Voted, that there should be three men chosen for that pur- 
pose. 



22 WIN'DIIAM l.\ THK PAST 

"Voted, that Joseph Blaney Esq., William Goodwin and 
Capt. Robert Parramore, or either two of them be. and hereby 
are appointed a Comtee in the name of the Proptrs to apply them- 
selves to his Excellency the Governor (and Council if need be) 
for his or their Advice and Direction for their proceeding in the 
most Effectual w^ay to treat with the Indians in order to know 
their Demands and Intentions, so as to bring the matter in Dis- 
pute betwppn thcrii and the Pi'opirs to a .speedy Issnt^ or Settle- 
ment. 

Nothing on the Px'oprietors" records appears to show tiiat any 
action w^hatever was taken in regard to the foregoing votes; 
neither do we find that ]Mr. Cogswell fully finished his contract, 
and the meeting house remained as he left it. a mere shell, desti- 
tute of floors, windows, and doors. 

The Indians, who gavr our aneivstors so inm-h trouljlc. were 
Chief Polin's band, who had their dwelling place around Lake 
Sebago and adjacent lakes and streams, and were the uncompro- 
mising foes of the w-hite settlers. We know but Utth- in regard 
to these Indians. Thomas L. Smith, in his "History of Wind- 
ham." calls them the Rockameecooks, and theii- chief. Poland, but 
fails to give his authority for these names. 

Sevei ill years ago. Rev. George M. Bodge, a native of Wind- 
ham, while searching among the musty archives of Massachusetts, 
found an ancient docuinenl. which ihrows considerable light on 
this hitherto dark subject. 

From this report, which i« entitled an ''Indian Conference." 
we learn that, on Aug. lOth. 17:^9. Polin accompanied Capt. Joi-- 
dan (Doininicus doubtless), whom he calls his friend, ami visited 
the Governor of Massachusetts. 

The Chief addressed the Governor and Council, thus proving 
that the meeting was at Boston. From the rough draft it appears 
that the clerks recorded the conversation as it went on. and after- 
wards wrote out a revised account of what M^as important. 

The following is a copy of the revised paper, and is entitled 
"Conference Between His Excellency Ye Govr. & Polin Sachem 
of Pesumscots." 

Govr. — "How do you do. I am glad to see you." 
Indian — "We have had a mind to wait on yo'r Excellency 
a great while and now are come to do it and Salute vou. 



■I' I IK TOWN',-- 1 in* 23 

"Your Excellency when ye Treaty was (iiscliar;j:(Ml was 
pleased to say yt if anything should hai)p(>n yt we conhl not 
understand or did not approve of wee should itiforni \i- Ex- 
cellency of it : and what we arc most agrieved at is that the River 
Pesunscot is dained up so that ye passage of yc Kish wch is our 
food is obstructed and yt Col. Westhi-ook did i)roinise abt two 
years ago yt he would leave o])cii a i)lacc in y c Dam and yc fish 
should have a free passage up ye sd Ri\ei- into ye Pond in ye 
proper Season but he has not |)e)'formcd. and yt wc ai'e thereby 
deprived of our propei- food. It was agieed yt y<' Bounds of 
ye Settlement made l)y >«' English ksliould lie known nnd yt the 
English are encroaching upon our Lands which wc never knew 
or understood was Lawfully piiich.-isrd :\i\(\ nm\r yi yc English 
may not be allowed to si'tth- any fm-rhcr as yd and yt yr (lov- 
ernment would put a stop to yc settlement on these Lands at 
present, and yet ye English I mpi-o\-ements eansed y Hunting 
to be very difficult so yt we cannot g(n our trade as usual, and 
we should be glad to have a trade on Lesnmscot Rivei-. "" 

Govr. — "How many fannlics have you at l*resumi)scot ? "' 
Indian — "About 25 nien besides women an<l childi-en."" 
Govr.- — "Where do .you Trade, at what Truck house?" 
Indn.— "Not any Particular Truck-house." ' 
Govr. — "If you tradi' at ('apt. Smith's Truck house it will 
be near and you will have goods cheaper than you can huy of 
private traders." 

Indn. — "We arc not so much c(uicerned aliout that for we 
go down ye River where suits u.s best but our .Main end is ye 
Hunting & Fishing. Tlici'c is an Island yt we were at when yr 
Excellency was there yt is a Watering Place which wc should 
be glad to have ye Improvement of for that End." 
Govr. — • "That Island is owned l)y JMr. Willard." 
Indn. — "There are a great many Settlers at Pesumpscot and 
we should be glad of some Ti-ado- to be placed there yt we might 
buy a small rpiantity of Rum. but not so much as to get Drunk 
for yt is Contrary to our Religion. Our young men desire yt w^e 
liave a Dance sometimes and have no Drum, should be glad of 
one. These are the Things we come to wait on yor Excellency 
about and shall be glad of an answer." 

Govr. — "You shall have an answer to all before you go." 
"The Govr Driidxs the King's health &v. The Indians Re- 



24 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

turn ye Salute and withdraw. N. B. — The Indian laid down a 
skin at the close of each subject & said it was a pledge from his 
tribe. 

"The Indians object agst ye Settlement of Marblehead Town- 
ship on Pesunipscot & ye Other Settlements thereabout & they 
dont allow ye English to have any Right to ye Lands above Sau- 
karappa on Pesunipscot River wch is about seven miles above 
Pesumpscot Mills, where there is a mill set up by ye proprietors 
of Marblehead Township. 

"Conference with Polin & Indians of Pesumpscot Aug. 10th, 
1739." 

This time-hallowed document contains several items of great 
interest to the local historian, as from it we learn the true name 
of the river from the lips of the Indian, Pcsumscot, thus showing 
the present name to be erroneous, as students of the Indian lan- 
guages long since decided. In this case, the name analyzed is 
l)robably Pes-ompsk-ut, meaning very nearly, " Falls-at-standing- 
rocks, " which applies very well to the falls where Col. Westbrook 
erected his mills. The tribe, or band, is here called by the same 
name, and is here for the first and only time officially mentioned 
by name, as well as the chief, Polin, whom the settlers called 
Poland. 

The sawmill complained of was not at "Saukarappa," as we 
might be led to suppose, but at what is now Mallison Falls, then 
called by the Indians yagwamqueeg, and afterwards known as 
Horse Beef. 

It also confirms an old tradition that Polin and several of his 
warriors did visit the Governor and Council to protest against 
any further encroachment on the lands they claimed in this 
vicinity ; and here, too, we have the Indian pronunciation of the 
name sometimes written Sacaribig, Sacaripy, and Saccarappa. 

Three days later, on Aug. 13, 1739. the Governor returned the 
following answer to the Indians: 

"As to complaint of the Obstruction given to the Fish in the 
Pesumpscot River, a letter will be sent by you to Collo West- 
brook that the passage in the Dam be opned & kept open in the 
Proper season for the Fish to go up the River. As to Indian 
Title to the Lands on Pesumpscot River we are well informed 
that there have been Deeds given by the Indians of the Lands in 



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tliat part of the Country to Old ^Ir. Jordan and Others, but we 
suppose many of those papers have been burnt in the Time of 
AVar; However, as none of that county are now in Town, we 
cannot come to the knowledge of this matter but we shall further 
inquire into the affair and they shall be informed of it. As to 
Request for an Interpreter on Pesvimpscot and Liberty for pri- 
vate persons to sell Rum there. The Governor has provided Inter- 
preters at all the Truck-houses wh. is thought sufficient, and there 
the Indians are supplied with Rum in moderate quantities, and 
that for preventing any wrong being done to the Indians the 
Government made a Law against private persons trading with 
them in Rum, and the good and wholesome Laws of the Province 
must not be broken." 

The following is a copy of the letter to Col. Westbrook sent 
by the Indians: 

"Sir, I am directed by His Excellency and the Council to 
acquaint you that divers Indians inhabiting Pesumpscot River 
have complained that by Dams built on that River the course of 
the Fish is stoped & they are thereby deprived of a great part 
of their subsistence, that upon your first building the Dams a 
passage was made there for the Fish and kept open in the proper 
season but of late that passage has been wholly stoped up. I am 
further to acquaint you that the Govr and Council apprehend it 
but reasonable to leave open a sufficient passage for the fish and 
this they expect may be done that no further complaint may be 
made in this matter and the rather because that the deed of 
President Danforth to the Town of Falmouth does make an 
express saving of the Rivers. It is also desired that you would 
take care and give orders that the people of Pesumpscot River 
treat the Indians kindly that come thither. 

Copy. J. WiLLARD." 

(Massachusetts Archives. Vol. 29, pp. 355-359.) 

During these negotiations with the Indians, all improvement 
and settlement of the new township was interrupted, save that 
the Proprietors, hoping for better times, went on quietly voting 
divisions of land, levying taxes upon the shares, and taking all 
the necessary steps possible to push forward the interests of their 
grant. 



26 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

No further action in regard to the meeting-house seems to 
have been taken until Sept. 1, 1743, when it was 

''Voted, that the meeting house be Repaired forthwith. 

"Voted, that William Goodwin (upon his going down,) to 
see that the meeting house be Repaired as to what is Broken or 
Settled and to finish the same according to former votes, and 
build a necessary desk or pulpit and Erect suitable seats in sd 
house." 

It was put to vote "whether the Proprs would Give orders to 
prosecute the Covenant of Mr. Nathaniel Cogswell, it passed in 
the Negative," and so the original contractor escaped scot free. 

It is possible that, in accordance with the above vote, some- 
thing was done to repair the meeting-house. However, there is 
no proof of this that has come to our knowledge, but we do know 
that, in the spring of 17-14, anticipating an Indian war. the few 
settlers then living in town petitioned the Proprietors for leave 
to demolish the unfinished building and use the material in 
building a fort or block-house for their protection. Not receiving 
an answer to their request, they finally took it down and used its 
massive timbers for the desired purpose. 

Thus disappears from view the first house erected to the 
public worship of God in New Marblehead. now Windham. 

First Sawmill 

The Proprietors of New Marblehead early foresaw that a 
sawmill would be an important factor in settling their grant; 
and so, at a meeting held on Aug. 8, 1735. it was 

"Voted, whether a sawmill be built at a General Charge," 
but it passed in the negative. 

At the same meeting, it was 

"Voted, that the aifair Relating to the Granting of a place 
for a sawmill be omitted, no person of the Proprietors appearing 
to undertake the same." 

At the adjournment of the above meeting, the following was 
presented for consideration: 

"To the Grantees of the Township upon Presumscot River 
to several Inhabitants of Marblehead. This Manifesto of George 



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Pigot, Clerk. Declareth. That upon the Grant of one Mill Right 
& two Acres of Land thereunto adjoining, to him & his heirs & 
assigns for Ever, He will undertake to Erect a Saw Mill upon 
the Falls of the Great River, (Presurapseot.) next above the 
Township lots, before Michaellmas Day 1736, Provided He hav 
convenient Highwa.ys leading to said Mill laid out by order of 
the Grantees, with Liberty to cut Timber off the School home lot. 

George Pigot. 

"Marblehead Aug. 21, 1735. 

A true Copy. Attest, William Goodwin, Clerk." 

Upon this, it was 

^' Voted, that the above Manifesto be allowed and granted to 
sd Pigot, so long as he keeps up a mill there. ' ' 

Of Mr. Pigot we know but little, save that he was a minister 
and one of the original grantees and drew Home Lot No. 4. He 
failed to fulfill his "Manifesto," and died before June, 1759. 

The next we find in regard to the matter was on Jan. 12, 1738, 
when, at a Proprietors' meeting, they voted to annul the grant 
formerly made to Mr. Pigot and heard the report of a committee 
previously appointed to take into consideration the building of 
a sawmill in New ^larblehead. 

The committee reported as follows : 

"The Comtee appointed for Receiving the Proposals of any 
of the Propers or Grantees having taken under their Mature 
Consideration the Proposal of Ebenezer Hawkes and others Re- 
lating to their Erecting a Sawmill on some of the unapropriated 
Lands belonging to the Propers or Grantees at their own Cost 
and Charge, made Report as followeth. For as much as it is 
thought by the said Proprietors to be very expedient to have one 
or more Sawmills upon some part of the aforesd Tract of Land 
and Condusive to their General Good and advantage, and as for 
as much as Mesrs Ebenezer Hawkes, Blacksmith, William Good- 
win and Isaac Turner, Carpenters, and Ebenezer Stacey shore- 
man, all of Marblehead, in the County of Essex, four of the Pro- 
prietors, have Manifested their Desires and Inclinations, (upon 
Suitable Encouragement,) to Erect and set up one or more Saw- 
mills, upon some place or part of sd Tract of Land suitable for 



28 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

that purpose. Wherefore for their Encouragement in the under- 
taking, it is voted That there be and hereby is Given and Granted 
to the said Ebenezer Hawkes, William Goodwin. Isaac Turner 
and Ebenezer Stace}^ and to their Heirs and Assigns forever, 
all the said Proprietors' Right to and Interest in any one of the 
falls of water in the ^lain River, called The Presumscot River, 
lying above the Great Bridge lately Erected over said River, At 
the Election of the said Ebenezer Ilawkes, William Goodwin, 
Isaac Turner and Ebenezer Stacey with the Privilege thereof To 
their only sole and proper use and behoof forever. Together with 
ten Acres of Land to be laid out on the Northeastermost side of 
four acres of Common Land hereby ordered to lay in common, 
for the use of Said ^lill and all others of the said proprietors for 
a Landing place and to lay Loggs on. Provided the said Ebene- 
zer Hawkes William Goodwin, Isaac Turner and Ebenezer Stacey, 
shall begin to Erect a Sawmill on the said falls on or before the 
first day of August next, and fitt the same for sawing Boards, 
Timber &c. on or before the last day of November next, and im- 
prove the Residue of the said falls in Mills of any kind within 
the term of five years. All the said falls not improved as afore- 
said, shall Revert and be to the Proprietors in general, and it 
may be Lawful for them to improve the said Residue in Mills as 
they shall think proper, so as never to Meddle or obstruct the said 
Ebenezer Hawkes, William Goodwin, Isaac Turner and Ebenezer 
Stacey in their Peaceable and free use and occupation of all such 
Mills as Shall be by them Erected within the said term of five 
years. Provided also the said Ebenezer Hawkes, William Good- 
win, Isaac Turner and Ebenezer Stacey shall not by dams or 
Otherwise Obstruct the free passage of Loggs and Rafts over the 
said falls. Also voted That when the said Sawmill shall be 
finished and fitted for service as aforesaid (provided it be within 
the Term aforesaid,) There shall be laid out, at the Charge of 
the said Ebenezer Hawkes, William Goodwin, Isaac Turner and 
Ebenezer Stacey by a Surveyor and two Chairmen upon oath, 
the aforesaid four acres of Common Land adjoining the said falls, 
Thirty Poles long on the River and Twenty Poles Deep, and their 
ten acres of Land on the Northeastermost side of the Common 
Land with sufficient roads to the same, and return a Piatt of the 
same which being Recorded in the Proprietors' Book shall be 
Effectual to pass the said falls and ten acres of Land to them and 



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their Heirs and Assigns Forever, saving as aforesaid. And in 
Case of a war with the Indians whereby the said Ebenezer 
Hawkes, William Goodwin, Isaac Turner and Ebenezer Stacey 
shall be Obstructed in the fulfilment of any Condition on their 
part, That then they shall be allowed the same length of time after 
the End of said war for performing the Conditions as is above 
Limited." 

It appears that Mr. Hawkes and his associates at once com- 
menced the w^ork of building the mill, according to the contract ; 
but before they had made much headway, the Indians appeared 
and strenuously opposed the proceeding, claiming that they 
owned the land on both sides of the river and that the necessary 
dams hindered the fish from coming up the river, whereby their 
food was endangered. By threats and w^arlike demonstrations 
they caused a suspension of the work, and nothing more appears 
to have been done until the next year, when, in order to save 
their grant, the contractors petitioned the Proprietors for an 
extension of the time voted in January, 1738. 

Their petition was acted upon at a meeting held on Mar. 1, 
1739, and the following appears on the Proprietors' records: 

** Whereas the time being Elapsed by those persons who were 
undertakers for Erecting a Sawmill on sd Tract of Land, They 
having been Impeded by the ]\Ienaces of the Indians, it is there 
voted That the time mentioned for fulfiling the Conditions 
of the Grant made to Messrs Ebenezer Hawkes, William Goodwin, 
Isaac Turner and Ebenezer Stacey, Dated Jan. 19, 1738. be con- 
tinued to the first day of September next, and the said Grant to 
be Confirmed to them in as full and ample manner to all Intents 
and purposes as if they had finished the same according to the 
time therein prefixt, Provided that they Compleat the Conditions 
by the time Limited above." 

In the mean time, as before noticed, the Governor and Council 
at Boston had held a conference with Chief Polin and some of 
his warriors, which caused a temporary lull in their wavlike 
demonstrations, and the contractors were able to go on with the 
w'ork of completing the mill; and on Dec. 14, 1740, they presented 
their report to the Proprietors, which was accepted and allowed. 



30 . windham in the past 

"The Return op ye Proers of the Sawmill." 

"Whereas at a Meeting of the Proprietors on January ye 19, 
1738, a vote was passed for the Giving and Granting to Messrs 
Ebenezer Hawkes, William Goodwin, Isaac Turner and Ebenezer 
Stacey, all the said Proprietors' Right to and Interest in any of 
the falls of water in the Main River, called the Presumscot River, 
lying above the Great Bridge, lately Erected over the said River, 
(at their Choice or Election,) with the privilegs thereof To their 
only sole and proper use and behoof for Ever, Together with ten 
Acres of land to be laid out on the N. Eastermost side of four 
acres of Common Land Ordered to lay in Common for the Saw- 
mill, with sufficient Roads leading thereto, And whereas the said 
Ebenezer Hawkes, William Goodwin, Isaac Turner and Ebenezer 
Stacey, have Elected and made Choice of the Falls next above 
the aforesaid Bridge, Called by the Indians Nagwamqueeg. and 
it appearing to the Proprietors by the oath of William Goodwin 
and the affirmation of Ebenezer Hawkes, that they have Erected a 
Sawmill thereon, and have laid out adjoing to said falls the 
four acres of Common Land for the use of said mill, to lay Loggs 
en &c. Butted and Bounded as foUoweth. To begin, Bounded at 
the S. Eastermost side of the Road of four Rods wide laid out 
between the second Division or Hundred Acre Lotts No. 1 & No. 
2, which Road runs from the River, North 66 des. E. and to 
measure at said side of the Road Sixteen Rods from the River, 
and from thence to Return on a line N. 24 des W. and to measure 
forty Rods, and from thence to Return to the River on a line 
S. 66 des W. bounded on lot No. 2 home to the River, be it more 
or less, and for a Road down the River to a Convenient place for 
Rafting of Boards or lumber. To begin at the S. Ermost side 
of the aforesaid Road between Lotts No. 1 & No. 2, to be five 
Rods wide from the River at said Road and to run on a straight 
line from thence bounded on Lott No. 1 Down the River to a Cove 
below the bottom of the falls, and to leave there to said Road 
two Rods wide to the N. E. ward of the River and six Rods below 
the said Cove Down the River. And the aforesaid ten acres 
Granted to the said Ebenezer Hawkes &c. as Laid out Butted and 
Bounded as followeth. To begin at the sixteen Rods from the 
River on the N. Westermost side of the said Road bettween Lott 
No. 1 & No. 2, and to Measure on said Road forty six Rods and 
a half, and from thence to Return on a line Running N. 24 des 



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W. bounded on Lott No. 2, and there to Measure thirty six Rods. 
And from thence, bounded on Lott No. 2, aforesaid, by a line 
Running S. 66 des W. and there to Measure forty four Rods 
and a half. And from thence, bounded on the aforesaid four 
Acres of Common Land by a line Running S. 24 des E. and there 
to Measure thirty six Rods to place where began. Therefore 
voted, that the said falls as is now Improved and as shall be by 
them Improved within the Term of five years, as Mentioned in 
the Grant aforesaid, with the Land here above Described with all 
the Rights, Privilegs and appurtenances thereunto belonging 
be and hereby is Given, Granted and Confirmed to the said 
Ebenezer Hawkes, William Goodwin, Isaac Turner and Ebenezer 
Stacey, to have and to hold the same, to them their heirs and 
Assigns to their only sole and proper use and Behoof for Ever, 
according to the true Intent and Meaning of the aforesaid vote 
passed Jan. ye 19, 1738, and that a Copy of the Piatt of the same, 
DOW lying before the Proprietors, and this vote be entered and 
Recorded in the Proprietors' Book of Records in the presence 
of the Proprietors' Comtee." 

Accordingly, the foregoing vote, together with a carefully 
executed plan of the grant, giving the course and length of the 
several lines and certified to by John Bailey, Benjamin Hendly, 
and Nathan Bowen, the Proprietors' committee, was entered on 
their records, where it may yet be seen. 

This mill was built just above the rocky bluff near the site 
of the present woolen mill, at what is now called Mallison Falls, 
but known to the Indians as "Nagwamqueeg." It was the first 
mill of any kind erected in Windham and was, as expected, a 
great benefit to the settlers. In the lapse of years it had several 
different owners and remained, with various repairs and altera- 
tions, until the spring of 1843, when the last of its massive timbers 
disappeared in the freshet of that year. 

The Indian name of the falls is said to mean "canoe landing." 
Of this, however, there is no positive proof ; but from an incident 
that occurred during the building of the mill, the settlers named 
the falls "Horse Beef," and this name they retained for nearly 
or quite a century. 

Although the Proprietors had expended considerable sums 
in preparing their grant for settlement, the population increased 
but slowly for several years, owing to its distance from the parent 



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WINDHAM IN THE PAST 



town and the difficulty arising from the lack of roads from the 
nearest settlements at Falmouth (now Portland). Then again, 
the Indians, while not in a state of open war, still regarded each 
white settlement as a direct encroachment on their ancient birth- 
right; hence a feeling of unrest prevailed among the tribes 
throughout the country, which, sooner or later, threatened dire 
consequences to the weak settlements. 

The grantees were composed of mechanics, ministers, fisher- 
men, innholders, merchants, and gentlemen. — men but poorly 
fitted to undergo the hardships incident to a settlement in a new 
country covered, as their grant was, by a primeval forest. 

Under these adverse circumstances, doubtless many of the 
grantees became disheartened and either sold their home lots or 
transferred them to others, who would perform the conditions 
originally imposed by the Great and General Court. A few, 
however, decided to settle on their grants and make permanent 
homes in this wilderness. 




Maiu Street, South Windham, Maine 



CHAPTER II 

The Early Settlers 

Undoubtedly Thomas Chute was t\ie first white man to settle 
in what is now the Town of Windham. Thomas L. Smith, in his 
' ' History of Windham, ' ' says that he commenced the first settle- 
ment in this tow^n, "July 30, 1737," and further says that Chute 
was born in England, in 1690. This is erroneous, as William E. 
Chute, in his genealogy of the family, makes him the great- 
grandson of Lionel Chute, who was born in Dedham, England, 
about 1580. He was by trade a "Tayler," but appears to have 
been a sort of general trader and kept for sale various kinds of 
merchandise, such as hardware, dry goods, and crockery. 

When the present Town of Windham was granted to sixty 
inhabitants of old Marblehead, Mr. Chute was one of the grantees, 
and, in the division of lands, drew Home Lot No. 12. 

He soon decided to make himself a home in the new township, 
to which end he closed his business in ^larblehead. and, in the 
spring of 1737, came with his family to Falmouth (now Port- 
land), where he commenced his old business of keeping a house 
of entertainment and working at his trade. In the meantime, 
however, he was doubtless clearing some part of his land and 
erecting a house preparatory to removing his family to New 
Marblehead. He built his house on his original lot. No. 12, about 
twenty rods from the Presumpscot River, where the remains of 
his old cellar are j-et to be seen. The precise date of his removal 
from Portland is not known, but it was doubtless either in the 
fall of 1737 or the spring of 1738. We think the latter date more 
likely to be correct, for he was then doing a fairly good business 
in Portland, as his old account book goes to show% and his well- 
known forethought would have induced him to remain, at least 
through the winter months, in a civilized community. This, how- 
ever, is simply an opinion based on tli^ fact that Mr. Chute 
appears, according to the old Proprietors' book of records, as 
"of Falmouth" as late as March, 1738. 

With his usual energy, he at once cleared seven acres of land 



o4 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

OH his home lot and purchased lots 13 and 14, which adjoined his 
original lot No. 12. On each of these he also cleared seven acres. 

Mr. Chute was not only the first settler, but when others 
came into the township, he became the acknowledged leader and 
adviser of the infant colony. The church records of the first 
parish in Falmouth (now Portland) have this entry, in October, 
1738: "Thomas Chute, Mary his wife and Abigail, their 
daughter, being regularly dismissed from the Marblehead church, 
were admitted to the one here." 

In December, 1743, when the church was organized in New 
]\Iarblehead, he, with his wife and daughter, was dismissed to the 
church there. As the old record says, "He having in God's 
providence removed to a new settlement called New Marblehead, 
in order to the embodying a church there, there being a paucity 
of members." On Dec. 27, 1743, he was chosen Deacon of the 
newly -formed and weak church, in which office he remained until 
October, 1770, when, at his own request, he was allowed to resign, 
and Micah Walker was chosen to fill the office thus made vacant. 

When the town was incorporated in 1762, Mr. Chute was 
elected Clerk and served in that capacity until 1765, covering a 
period of four years. He was selectman in 1765 and 1766. His 
wife, Mary, died July 30, 1762, aged 70 years ; and, according to 
the cluirch records, his own long and valuable life came to a close 
in 1771, full of years and honors. 

The second settler of Windham was William May berry, or, 
as he wrote it, Meayberry. He was a native of Ballemoney, a 
parish near Coleraine in Antrim County, Ireland, whence he 
emigrated to ^larblehead, Mass., about 1730. Thomas L. Smith, 
Esq., says, in his history of the town, that Mr. ]\Iayberry came 
from ^Marblehead, in 1738, and settled on Home Lot 27, but this 
is uncertain. He was one of the original grantees and drew 
Home Lot No. 57, but did not settle on it, as there is documentary 
evidence to prove that he located on Lot 11, and the date of his 
settlement is given as 1740. This lot was the original right of 
Robert Bull and adjoined that of Mr. Chute, and ]\Ir. Mayberry 
doubtless purchased it to be near him. A committee's report of 
1759 states that he had eight acres cleared and a house "Rotten 
down," and was taxed for Lots 11, 19, 26, 38, and 57. He re- 
moved to Lot 26, where the report alluded to above locates him 
with "a garrison house" and 15 acres cleared, in 1750. 



THE EARLY SETTLERS 35 

He was by trade a blacksmith and brought with him the tools 
of his trade. A family tradition asserts that shortly after he 
came to Windham, for want of better accommodation, he set up 
his forge under the spreading branches of a gigantic oak tree 
near his dwelling, and placing his anvil on a convenient stump, 
prepared to exercise his old time handicraft, and that the Indians 
were his first customers. 

Mr. Mayberry is described as a tall, bony man, of great physi- 
cal strength and endurance, somewhat reticent in his demeanor, 
possessed, nevertheless, of a species of grim humor, as the follow- 
ing anecdote goes to show : 

It is said that once, at Saccarappa, he was accosted by a well- 
dressed gentleman on horse-back with the inquiry, "Mr., how 
far is it to a blacksmith 's shop ? ' ' With a serio-comic expression 
of countenance, ]Mr. Mayberry replied, "Why, my dear sir. you 
are in the shop now, but it is, at least, three miles to the anvil. 
Just what reply the horseman vouchsafed to this information 
the tradition fails to relate, but it is presumable, however, that 
the reputed size of blacksmith shops thereabout caused him to 
maintain a profound silence in regard to so grave a matter. 

William ^Mayberry married, in Ireland, Bathsheba Dennis, 
but no record of her birth, marriage, or death can now be found. 
An interesting account of his life, previous to his Windham resi- 
dence, will be found in the ]\Iayberry genealogy. 

After his removal to Windham, his daughter, Nancy or Anne, 
was born on ]\Iay 28, 1740, she being the second white child 
born in Windham. According to the church records, he died 
Mar. 15, 1765, but no age is given. Many of his descendants are 
still living in this and the neighboring towns. 

John Farrow was the third settler. He was a native of 
Tiverton, R. I., and came from there to this town. Thomas L. 
Smith, in his "History of Windham," says this was in 1738 and 
states that he settled on Home Lot 31 ; but the Proprietors' com- 
mittee (a copy of whose record will be found further on) locates 
him on Lot No. 29, with 12 acres cleared. The report also states 
that his house was "Rotten down," and gives the date of his 
settlement as 1740, which is doubtless correct. His wife was 
Persis (maiden name unknown), and they had at least three 
children, who came with them to the new home : John Jr., Bethia, 
and Grace. 



36 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

But little is known of this early settler; but, from what we 
hve able to learn, he appears to have been a quiet, peaceable, well- 
disposed man, and but poorly fitted to cope with the difficulties 
of a new settlement in the dense wilderness he found here. He 
seems to have been homesick and discouraged, and is said to have 
lived in mortal fear of the Indians. 

His great-grandson, Seth Webb, in a sketch of the Webb 
family written in 1856, speaking of Mr. Farrow, says, "He was 
one of the original grantees of Windham." This is a gross mis- 
take, and was either the result of ignorance on the part of Mr. 
AVebb, or he was misled by an unverified family tradition. 
John Farrow was not a grantee, and his name nowhere appears 
as such. The lot on which he settled was the original right of 
Joseph Gallison of Alarblehead, of whom he probably purchased 
it, as he appears to have been possessed of considerable means at 
the time of his settlement. From the church records we learn 
that Mrs. Persis Farrow died i\Iay 12, 1758, but no age is given. 
It is said they were both buried on Mr. Farrow's own land; but, 
if this was the case, all traces of their last resting place have 
long since been obliterated. 

The fourth settler was Stephen Manchester. He was the son 

of Gershom and Anne Manchester and was born in 

Tiverton, R. I., i\Iay 23, 1717. He came from there to Windham, 
probably about the year 1740, and married Grace, daughter of 
John and Persis Farrow. They had a son, Thomas, born, Mr. 
Smith says, in 1739, but this is not correct. As before noticed, 
her parents settled here in 1740. 

A well authenticated tradition relates that Stephen Man- 
chester was engaged to their daughter, Grace, before they came 
here, and that the parents, objecting to the intimacy existing 
between the two, decided to emigrate to New Marblehead, think- 
ing the young people would soon forget each other. In this 
expectation they were doomed to be disappointed, for, in the 
space of two short Aveeks, came young Manchester in search of 
his best girl. Having found her, he made assurance doubly sure 
by marrying her in the course of a few weeks. 

Now if the above is true — and we see no reason to doubt it — 
then it is evident that their oldest child could not have been born 
in 1739. In 1742, Stephen ^Manchester purchased Home Lot No. 



THE EARLY SETTLERS 37 

32, adjoining that of his brother-in-law, John Farrow, Jr., 
cleared 12 acres, and built a house, which stood about twenty rods 
from the river. Here let me say that the remains of the cellar 
are yet plain to be seen, with the big flat door stone still where he 
placed it more than one hundred and sixty years ago. When his 
house was ready, he moved into it, and here his wife, Grace, died 
about 1745 and was buried on their lot, where her grave is yet 
to be seen. 

On December 21, 1749 (according to the church records), he 
Avas united in marriage with ]\liss Sea Fair ^Mayberry, daughter 
of William Mayberry, the second settler of the town, the cere- 
mony being performed by Rev. John Wight. This is the fifth 
marriage recorded in the old church record. By her he had 
Stephen Jr., born Aug. 9, 1751, who never married, but enlisted 
for three years in the Revolutionary army. He died in the hos- 
pital at Reading, Pennsylvania, Jan. 5, 1778, aged 26 years. 
Their second child was Abigail, born Nov. 9, 1753, who married, 
Jan. 28, 1773, Davis Thurrel and moved to Poland, Maine, where 
it is said some of her descendants are now living. 

On Dee. 12, 1753, Mrs. Sea Fair Manchester died at the early 
age of 23 years ; and, on April 9, 1758, Mr. Manchester married 
for his third wife, Mary Bailey. She was born at ]\Iarblehead, 
Mass., Nov. 4, 1726, and was the daughter of John and Rachel 
Bailey, who were of ^larblehead in that year and of Falmouth in 
1728. Previous to 1722, they appear to have lived in Newbury. 

By her Stephen Manchester had three children : Gershom, 
born May 10, 1761 ; Anna, born Feb. 13, 1765 ; and John, born 
about 1767. 

In 1788, he sold the land on which he first settled and pur- 
chased, on Feb. 7th of that year. Lot 79 in the second division of 
one hundred acres, situated at East Windham, where he moved, 
being then in his seventy-second year. Here, on a steep and 
rugged hill at least two hundred and fifty feet above the sur- 
rounding country, he built a small one-story house and cleared 
himself a farm, and here he lived until he became unable to carry 
on his farm. He then moved, first to his son Gershom 's, and aft- 
erwards to his son John's, at the foot of the hill on the road, 
where he died June 24, 1807, aged 90 years and 20 days. His 



38 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

wife, Mary, died May 15, 1815, aged 88 years. *Their remains 
are interred in the cemetery on the farm of Mr. Albert Knight of 
East Windham, and the grave of this old prioneer is yet to be 
seen, marked only by an iron rod at the head. 

The fifth settler was Abraham Anderson. He was a native 
of Groton, Mass., from which place he went to Marblehead. 
from there he came to Windham, in 174(), and located on Home 
Lot No. 36, where he is said to have built his house on the Main 
Road, being the first man to settle away from the river. Lot 36 
was the original right of Benjamin Hendly, of whom ]Mr. Ander- 
son probably purchased it. He also became possessed of Lots 
37 and 38, the former of which was drawn to Samuel Lee, Esq., 
and the latter to Benjamin James, Jun.. two of the grantees. 

Abraham Anderson eventually became a large land owner 
in this town and, for several years, did considerable lumbering. 
He was a man of sound judgment, honest and upright in his 
dealings, exceedingly hospitable and good-humored, and was 
greatly respected in the community. 

Just who the next man was to locate here it is impossible to 
state positively, but it was probably Gershom Manchester, father 
of Stephen, who came here in 1740 and settled on Home Lot No. 
15, where he built a house and cleared eight acres of land. He 
came from Tiverton, R. I., with his second wife, who was Mary 
Farrow of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, to whom he was married 
Dec. 16, 1731. They had one child. John, born Nov. 4, 1732, 
who came here with his parents ; and there may have been other 
children, but we find no record of any. His wife, Mary, was 
admitted to full communion in the New Marblehead church, Oct. 
7, 1744. He was a scout in Capt. George Berry's Company in 
1746, and died in Windham, Mar. 15, 1749, aged 62 years. 

(A full account of Thomas Bolton, another early settler, is 
given under the Bolton genealogy.) 

Samuel Elder, wnth his brother, Robert, came from Artemore, 
Antrim Co., Ireland. Robert settled in what is now Cape 
Elizabeth. Samuel settled first at Presumpscot Falls, about the 
year 1730, and from there came with his family to Windham in 



*Since the above was written, Mr. Manchester's remains were re- 
moved to the cemetery, between Windham Center and Morrell's Corner, 
where a suitable mounment marks the spot. 



THE EARLY SETTLERS 39 

1743. He located on Home Lot Xo. 40, which was drawn by Rev. 
William Edward Holyoke, an original grantee. His wife was 

Huston, and they had seven children, two of whom were 

born in Ireland, two in Falmouth, and three in Windham. He 
had a house on this lot, but appears to have left town when the 
Indian war broke out. He probably returned when peace was 
declared, and died here previous to 1759, at which time his house 
was reported as "Rotten down." 

John Bodge came from Dover. N. H. (or that vicinity). He 
was born about 1717 ; came to this town in 1742 ; settled on Home 
Lot No. 10, and built his house forty rods from the river, 
where the old cellar is still to be seen. He married, Dec. 14, 
1743, Rebecca, daughter of Thomas Chute the first settler. This 
is the first marriage recorded on the church book, and it was 
solemnized the same day that the church was organized and Rev. 
John Wight ordained pastor. ^Irs. Rebecca (Chute) Bodge was 
burn Jan. 6, 1724, and was drowned in Presumpscot River, July 
25, 1763, at the age of 39 years. When the Indian war broke out, 
Mr. Bodge with his family took refuge in the fort, where they 
lemained with other settlers until peace was declared. On re- 
turning to his homestead, he found his house in such a condition 
as to render it unfit for occupancy ; so he built, a second time, on 
the easterly side of the Main or River Road. He did not remarry, 
but continued to live with his children until they grew up and 
M'ent to homes of their own. He then went to live with his son, 
Benjamin. While on a visit to his daughter in New Gloucester, 
he died, and his remains were there interred. 

In 1742, Thomas Humphreys had a house and seven acres of 
land cleared on Home Lot 39. He died before 1759. We have 
no further information in regard to this man. The lot on which 
he located was the original right of Francis Bowden, one of the 
grantees, of whom he may have purchased it. 

Samuel Webb, ancestor of all bearing that name in this vicin- 
ity, came here from Tiverton, R. I. He was born at Redriff, 
near London, on Christmas Day, 1696. His father, who was a 
master mariner, was killed by the natives on the coast of Africa, 
when Samuel was about twelve years of age. Not being satisfied 
to remain under guardianship, he ran away and came to this 
country in 1713, landing at Tiverton. There he learned the black- 
smith's trade of a Mr. ]McIntyre, whose daughter, Mary, he mar- 



40 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

ried, on Christmas Day, 1718. She died four years later leaving 
two sons; and, on Apr. 10, 1723, he married ]\Irs. Bethia Spear, 
widow of Capt. David Spear and daughter of John and Persis 
t'arrow, who had already settled in New Marblehead. The 
family tradition asserts that ^Irs. Spear was a wife, mother, and 
widow before she was sixteen years of age. 

Samuel Webb, with his family, came here as early as 1744 and 
located on Home Lot No. 24, on which he built his house. He 
also appears to have owned Lots 21 and 23, which he afterwards 
transferred to his son, Seth. 

His grandson, Seth Webb of Gorham, in writing of him, says : 
"He moved from Tiverton to Boston in 1744, from thence to 
Saccarappa, and then to Windham," and further states that the 
next year after his settlement here the Indian war broke out. 
This would indicate that his settlement was in 1744 or 5. 

However, Thomas L. Smith, Esq., in his "History of Wind- 
ham" (page 81), says: "Samuel Webb taught the first school in 
the town in 1743." We have, however, never been able to find 
any documentary evidence to confirm the statement. Mr. and 
^Ivs. W^ebb had a family of eight children, six sons and two 
daughters. 

In 1766, he removed with his son, Seth. to Deer Isle and lived 
there until his death, which took place Feb. 15, 1785. His wife, 
Bethia, died at same place, Nov. 30, 1770. 

Rev. John Wight, the first settled minister, was born in Ded- 
ham, ]\Iass.. in 1699. He graduated at Harvard College in 1721, 
piid married, July 3, 1728, Mary Pond, daughter of Jabez and 
Mary (Gay) Pond. She died in Bristol. June 19, 1735; and in 
October, 1737, he married Mrs. Deliverance Carpenter of Re- 
hoboth. 

On Mar. 25, 1743. he accepted a call from the Proprietors of 
New Marblehead to settle there in the gospel ministry and was 
ordained, on Dec. 14, 1743. He built his house on Home Lot No. 
35 ; but, as the first settled minister, he owned, in his own right, 
Lot No. 34. ]Mr. Wight remained pastor of the church here 
until his death, which took place May 8, 1753. 

Nathaniel Starbird, or as the records have it, Starboard, set- 
tled on Lot. 28, which had been drawn to Robert Hooper, one of 
tne grantees. Nothing is known of this j\Ir. Starbird, save the 
bare record of his settlement here in 1745, and that he had a 



THE EARLY SETTLERS 41 

house on this lot with nine acres cleared at that date. He ap- 
pears to have removed from town at the opening of the Indian 
war and to have served in Capt. George Berry's Company at Fal- 
mouth. He probably did not return to Windham and was re- 
corded as "deceased" before 1759. 

Jonas Knapp settled on Lot No, 41. Of him but little is now 
known. Lot 41 was the original right of John Oulton, Esq., one 
of the grantees, and the old records tell us that Knapp had a 
house and seven acres of land cleared, but was "deceased" in 
1748. He served in Capt. Berry's Company at Falmouth and 
probably did not. return to Windham. 

Capt. Caleb Graffam settled on Home Lot No. 63, in 1743, 
where he had a house and nine acres cleared. He was a native 
of Scarborough, ]Me. Southgate, in his history of Scarborough, 
says, "From 1727 to 1731, Caleb Graffam lived at Dunstan Cor- 
ner and subsequently moved to New Marblehead and was living 
there in 1783." He died, according to the inscription on his 
headstone, in Windham, Nov. 11, 1784, aged 73 years. His wife 
was Lois Bennett, but of her ancestry we know nothing. They 
had ten children, all born in Falmouth and Windham. Their 
daughter, Abigail, Avas born in Windham, Apr. 11, 1744, and 
baptized by Rev. John Wight, May 13th. Capt. Graffam was 
evidently a man of superior abilities, took great interest in the 
welfare of the new township, and was greatly respected by all 
who knew him. 

William Knight came from Manchester, Mass., and, after 
having lived at Falmouth (Saccarappa), moved from there to 
Windham. He located on Home Lot No. 63, on which he built 
a house. He lived there a few years and then went to Little 
Falls and built a sawmill, which he and his sons and grandsons 
after him operated for many years. 

No date of his settlement can now be found, but it must have 
been about 1744, as he had a daughter Abigail born here on Dec. 
5th of that year. She was baptized by Rev. Mr, Wight on Dec. 
6, same year. ilr. Knight was twice married. His first wife was 
]\Iary Haskell, by whom he had two sons, William and Joseph, 
born before he came here, and the daughter, Abigail, before men- 
tioned, born in this town. His second wife was Hannah Roberts, 
and they had six children. Mr. Knight was an active, enterpris- 



42 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

ing man and a good citizen.. Some of his descendants are still 
living in Windham. Gorham and vicinity. 

Hugh Crague was born in Antrim Country, Ireland, about 
the year 1723. His father, whose first name we do not know, 
married for his second wife Mary McLellan, a sister of Hugh, 
of Gorham, and James of Saco. About 1730, Mr. Crague and his 
family left Ireland for America ; and on the voyage he died, leav- 
ing his wife and two children, Jane and Hugh. 

While in l^oston, where they first landed, Mrs. Crague mar- 
ried Thomas Bolton, who came over in the same vessel. Soon 
after their marriage they came to Portland, where they remained 
a while before coming to Windham. 

Hugh Crague married, Nov. 11, 1749, Elizabeth Warren of 
Falmouth, and soon after came to Windham and purchased Home 
Lots Xos. 50 and 51. He built a house on Lot 51, while his barn 
was on Lot 50. The date of his settlement is given as 1751, but 
he was proba])l.v here before that time. Mr. Crague and his wife, 
Elizabeth, had eight children, born between 1750 and 1772, all 
of whom grew up. He became quite wealthy for the time in 
which he lived, and was a highly respected and valuable citizen. 
He died Mar. 19, 1777, aged 54 years. No record of his wife's 
death is known to exist, but it is said that she outlived him several 
years. He is buried in the Anderson Cemetery where his head- 
stone may yet be seen. 

Zerubbabel Hunnewell was born in Scarborough, Apr. 16, 
1716. He was the son of Roger and Mary (Adams) Hunnewell 
and grandson of Lieut. Richard Hunnewell, the noted Indian 
killer of Searboro. His family record is contained in the Hunne- 
well genealogy. 

Ephraim Winship was born in Lexington, Mass., May 23, 
1709. He was the son of Ephraim and Hannah (Cutter) Win- 
ship and great-grandson of Lieut. Edward AVinship, who came 
from Ovingham, Northumberland Co., England, and settled in 
Cambridge, Mass., in 1635. 

Ephraim Winship married. May 28, 1735, Mehitable, daughter 
cf Gershom Cutter of Lexington. They had six children, two of 
whom were born in that town and four in Windham. He came 
to this town in 1750 and located on Home Lot No. 5, on which 
he built a house. The lot on which he settled was the original 



THE EARLY SETTLERS 43 

right of Michael Bowden, who, like many of the grantees, sold his 
land to other parties. 

Mr. Winship was an inmate of the old Province Fort during 
the last Indian war, and was one of the party attacked by the 
savages on that memorable 14th day of May, 1756, On this 
occasion he was shot down and lost one eye and two scalps, 
besides suffering other wounds, and was left for dead on that 
gory field. He appears to have been made of sterner stuff, how- 
ever, as he eventuality recovered and lived about ten years after 
the battle. His wife, Mehitable, died Apr. 17, 1753. Although 
bruised and battered beyond the common lot, there seems to have 
been enough of him left to attract the fair sex, as we find that, 
soon after his recovery, he married Mrs. Elizabeth, widow of 
Samuel Mathews, one of the early settlers, who had died some 
time before. By her he had four children. He died on the 
farm where he first settled, in June, 1766, aged 57 years. His 
remains lie interred in the Smith Cemetery' at South Windham, 
but no stone marks the spot. 

Ezra Brown came to Windham from Georgetown, Me., as 
early as 1750 (possibly before that time). He located on Home 
Lot No. 59, built a house, and had nine acres of land cleared pre- 
vious to 1756, He married in Georgetown, Mary Boobier, and 
they had one child born there and three more born in this town 
between 1750 and 1755. In addition to his home lot, Mr. Brown 
owned Lot 21 in the first division of hundred-acre lots. Here 
he was shot and instantly killed by Chief Polin, May 14, 1756. 
His widow afterwards became the second wife of Eleazer Chase 
and died in Buekfield, Me. 

Joseph Starling located on Home Lot No. 8, in 1750, where he 
is reported to have the "Remains of a house," with nine acres 
cleared; also on Lot 7 he had a house and eight acres cleared. 

His wife's name was Mary , but where they came from we 

have never been able to ascertain. They had seven children, 
born in this town between January, 1751 and 1766. Mr. Starling 
was an inmate of the Fort during the last Indian war, at the 
close of which he returned to his farm. There he remained for 
several years. He finally sold his property to Richard Dole and 
shortly afterwards left town to settle elsewhere. 

Micah Walker settled on Home Lot No. 49, and he is also re- 
ported as "settled on the hundred acres;" but on which one we 



44 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

are not informed ; neither is there any mention of a house on 
either lot. However, it is presumable he had one, as he had a 
family here in 1751, which was probably about the date of his 
settlement. He appears to have been twice married. His first 

v'ife was Beulah , and, according to the church record, 

they had a daughter, Molly, baptized by Rev. John Wight, on Dec. 
22, 1751. They also had a son, William, born Oct. 30, 1753. 
Mr. Wight records the death of Mrs. Walker as taking place on 
May 29, 1759. Mr. W^alker married a second wife whose name 

was Elizabeth , and they had several children born here. 

We have never been able to learn where Mr. Walker came from, 
but he appears to have been a man of considerable influence in 
town. lie was Town Clerk from 1771 to 1773 ; and, in October, 
1770, he was chosen deacon of the church, that office being made 
vacant by the resignation of Deacon Chute. Mr. Walker removed 
from this town, and we think he settled in New Gloucester. 

John Stevens, ancestor of the family in W^indham, came from 
Newburyport. At just what time he located here we are not 
able to state positively, but it must have been previous to May 7, 
1751, as, on that date, his son, Nathaniel, was born in this town. 

His wife was Hannah , and they had five children born 

before they settled here. Mr. Stevens, according to the old 
records, "improved" Home Lot No. 48, which had been drawn as 
the original right of Capt. Joseph Smithurst, one of the grantees. 
He also owned, later on, land in other parts of the town and died 
here, Dee. 18, 1786, aged 80 years. 

John Stevens, Jun. was the son of the above-named John. 
He came to Windham with his parents and "improved" Lot No. 
47, which adjoined his father's. He is reported to have had 
fourteen acres cleared with a house, in 1759. He married, Oct. 
10, 1763, Hannah Wescott or (as the old record has it) "Waist- 
coat" of Windham. They had two children born and baptized 
here. John Stevens died, according to the church records, June 
20, 1769. He and his wife both "owned" the church covenant, 
April 7, 1765, at which date their first child, Richard, was 
baptized. No record of his wife's death can be found, but she 
is said to have outlived her husband for several years. 

Another early settler in this town was Eleazer Chase. He 
settled on Home Lot No. 58 as early as 1750. His wife was Jane 
Elder, daughter of the emigrant, Samuel, and they had a son. 



THE EARLY SETTLERS 45 

Nathaniel, born here, July 14, 1750, and baptized by Rev. Mr. 
Wight Oct. 18. The lot on which he settled was drawn by 
"William Goodwin, one of the grantees, and Mr. Chase, according 
to the old report, had a house built and nine acres of land cleared 
in 1759. His wife, Jane, died about 1762 ; and he married Mary, 
widow of Ezra Brown, who had been killed by Chief Polin in 
1756. They had a son. Joseph, baptized in October, 1766. He 
appears to have lived here until about 1782, when he removed to 
Buckfield, Me., where one or more of his sons had previously 
located. 

Nathaniel Evans was one of the original grantees. He was 
of Marblehead and is called a "chairmaker. " In the division 
of the land in Windham, he drew Home Lot No. 55. It has been 
asserted that he never came here, but, like many of the grantees, 
disposed of his right ; in this case to Robert Mugford, or, as the 
old records call him, Muckeford. However, it is a fact that Mr. 
Evans, with his wife and daughter, Mary (or Molly, as she was 
called), came here and lived on his lot. There traces of his old 
settlement can yet be seen, while directly opposite, on the easterly 
side of the River Road, is a spring that is still known by his 
name. 

We "do not know how early he came here, but his daughter, 
Mary, married Robert ^lugford of ]\Iarblehead, and they had a 
son, also named Robert, born in Windham, Dec. 30, 1755. They 
were then living with Mr. Evans on his land. On the church 
records we find that, on Oct. 20, Nathaniel Evans was admitted 
to the church here, having been regularly dismissed from the 
church in Marblehead. His wife died Oct. 27, 1763. The simple 
entry on the church book under the above date is, ' ' Died the wife 
of Nathaniel Evans," Mr. Evans outlived his wife for several 
years, as we find on the town records that, on Mar. 28, 1771, he 
was chosen ' ' Enformer of Dear and Moos, ' ' and also, on ]\Iar. 9, 
1772, he was chosen "Dear Reaf." No record of his death is 
known to exist, neither do we know Thomas L. Smith's authority 
for the statement that he was 99 years of age at the time of his 
decease. 

Samuel Mathews is reported to have settled on Home Lot 
No. 22, wdth a house and seven acres cleared, in 1751. We have 
no means of knowing where this early settler came from. That 
he had a familv is evident, as we find on the church book the 



46 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

births of two children, born between 1756 and 1758. Mr. 
Mathews died before 1759. 

Curtis Chute, son of Thomas and Mary (Curtis) Chute, came 
to this town with his parents. He appears to have been an active, 
intiuential young man and, like his father, to have possessed the 
entire confidence of his fellow townsmen. He lived with his 
parents on Home Lot No. 12. On March 26, 1767, at the annual 
town meeting, he was elected Selectman, and while on town busi- 
ness in Portland, he was instantly killed by lightning, June 4, 
1767. 

Parson Thomas Smith records this casualty as follows: 
"Curtis Chute and one young man were instantly killed by 
lightning at the Widow Goodings. Harrison and others hurt 
and nearly killed, and the house near being destroyed also." 
He gives the date as June 5, 1767. Curtis Chute left a widow 
and five children to mourn his untimely death. 

Gershom Winship, son of Ephraim and Mehitable (Cutter) 
Winship, was born in Lexington, Mass., May 10, 1736. He came 
with his parents to Windham when about fourteen years of age 
and spent the remainder of his life here. On June 27, 1759, he 
was united in marriage with Anne or, (as it is sometimes written) 
Nancy, daughter of William Mayberry, the emigrant, the officiat- 
ing clergyman being Rev. Thomas Smith of Portland. At the 
time of his marriage, he owned Lot No. 6, on which he had a barn 
and six acres cleared. Shortly afterwards he built a house on his 
land, in which he lived until his death, on May 25, 1802. After 
his decease, his widow went to live with her daughter in Gorham 
and died there Feb. 10, 1808. She was the second white child 
born in Windham. Gershom Winship and his wife, Anne, had 
eleven children, nine boys and two girls. The third child, Me- 
hitable, married Samuel Dole, and she was the writer's grand- 
mother. 

William Maxfield probably came from Marblehead, as there is 
a well authenticated tradition that he came here with William 
Mayberry, the second settler, and was an inmate of his family 
for several years. He was twice married, his first wife being 
Susannah Webb, to whom he was married in December, 1753. 
They had one child, born here May 2, 1754. Mrs. Maxfield died 
not long after the birth of this child. On June 25, 1763, he 
entered his intention of marriage (in which he is called "Max- 



THE EARLY SETTLERS 47 

well") with Mary Wescott, and, on July 21, 1763, he Avas married 
by Rev. Peter T. Smith, who calls him "Maxfield." By his last 
wife he had six children, born between 1765 and 1775. He 
settled on Home Lot No. 2, on which he built a "Double house" 
and had eight acres of land cleared in 1759. He also owned the 
adjoining lot, No. 4, on which he had a like number of acres 
cleared. The exact date of his death we do not know, but it was 
before 1785, as, in that year, his widow married her second hus- 
band, Daniel Cook. She died in Casco at the age of 90 years. 

John Farrow, Jr. was the son of John and Persis Farrow. 
He was born in Tiverton, R. I., and came here, a young man, with 
his father, who was the third settler in the township. He located 
on Home Lot No. 31, where he had a house and twelve acres of 
cleared land. He is also reported to have owned Lot 30, on 
which he had a garrison house during the last Indian war. The 
date of his first settlement is said to be 1743. We are unable to 
ascertain whom he married, save that her first name was Hannah. 
He had five children, all born and baptized here between 1745 and 
1758. We do not know the date of his death or that of his wife, 
but he appears to have been living here in 1762. 

William Bolton, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (^IcLellan) 
Bolton, was born in Falmouth, Apr. 13, 1731, and came to Wind- 
bam with his parents. In 1747, he was captured by the Indians 
and carried to Canada, where he was sold as a servant to a French 
naval officer, who soon afterwards carried him to sea. When out 
from port a few days, the vessel was captured by an English 
frigate, and Bolton became the servant of Lieutenant Wallace, 
with whom he remained in that capacity until the frigate put into 
Boston harbor. There he was discharged and returned to Wind- 
ham. His genealogy is given later. 

William Elder, son of the emigrant, Samuel, was born in 
Artemore County, Ireland. The date of his birth is unknown. 
He came with his father from Falmouth to Windham, in 1743. 
He married Mary Akers, of whose parentage we can learn noth- 
ing. He located on Home Lots Nos. 45 and 46. The former of 
these lots had been drawn to Joseph Swett and the latter to 
Samuel Brimblecome, both of old Marblehead, and both original 
grantees of this town. On these lots Mr. Elder had a "Dubble 
house," and the date of his settlement is given as 1753. He and 



48 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

his wife, Mary, had eleven children born in Windham, eight of 
whom were boys. 

The foregoing individuals may be termed the pioneers of 
Windham, called by the Proprietors New Marblehead, in honor of 
the parent town. 

On reviewing the list, we find that but very few of the original 
grantees settled on their lots, Thomas Chute, William Mayberry, 
and Nathaniel Evans being the only exceptions, so far as we can 
ascertain. The others disposed of their rights and probably 
never came here even for a short visit. However, it is undoubt- 
edly true that those sturdy God-fearing men, who purchased these 
home lots, were vastly better qualified to overcome the difficulties 
and dangers incident to a wilderness settlement than were the 
sailors, innkeepers, and gentlemen of old Marblehead. 

They were not adventurers in search of sudden wealth or 
political aggrandizement, but they came to make for themselves 
and their families homes, with all which that word implies. By 
their efforts and sacrifices they laid the foundation on which the 
prosperity of Windham rests securely today. 

Whatever the Proprietors could do by votes, they did freely, 
but the breaking out of the Indian wars caused them to forego all 
improvements, save that of affording the necessary protection to 
the few settlers then in town, and nearly all the votes recorded in 
their book are to this effect. 

On April 31, 1751, during a temporary peace, they met and 

"Voted, that William Goodwin be and hereby is Directed 
and Desired to Repair to said Township, and take an account of 
the present state of the Settlement thereof, viz : what is done on 
Each particular Home Lott, and when so That a suitable allow- 
ance be made to such Proprietors as have Encouraged the Settle- 
ment, (According to former votes,) and take of the Roads and 
highways, what hath been done thereon for some years past and 
by whom, that a judgment may be made of the Surveyor's 
Accts for the labor thereon, and lay the same before the proprs 
at a meeting for that purpose, to act as they shall see meet." 

Again, at a meeting held Apr. 26, 1755, it was 

"Voted, that the present Comtee be desired and Improved by 
themselves, or any of them to appoint some suitable person or 
fjersons to repair to sd New Marblehead, and take an account of 
the present state of the Settlement of the Home Lotts, in order 



THE EARLY SETTLERS 49 

to make such suitable allowances to the first settlers according to 
former votes, and to take a view of the Roads or highways, 
(Relating to the Accts of the Surveyors) and what Repairs may 
be wanting at present, and likewise the state of the Bridge at 
Sacaripy falls, and make a Report thereof at an adjournment of 
this meeting, and such person or persons be paid their Reasonable 
Charge by the proprs for such service. And to Inquire by what 
means the Salmon and other fish are Obstructed in their Natural 
course in Presumscot River." 

We do not find on the Proprietors' records anything to show 
that these votes were ever carried into effect, and it is probable 
that on account of the war, no action was taken by the committee. 
We hear nothing more in regard to the matter until nearly four 
years later, when, fearing that the General Court would revoke 
the grant, the Proprietors held a meeting on April 7, 1759, at 
which time they 

''Voted, that Capt. Nathan Bowen, ]\Iesrs John Wight and 
Samuel Turner, be a Comtee for the year Ensuing. 

"Voted, that the said Comtee or any two of them be and 
hereby are fully authorized and Impowered to lay befor the 
Great and General Court or Assembly of this Province, Their 
Original Grant of said Township, and also an Account how far 
the Respective Proprietors have Complied with the Conditions 
thereof, (according to the order of said Court passed the 12 & 
13th days of January 1758 upon the Petition of the Proprietors 
and settlers thereof,) and in order thereto the said Comtee by 
themselves or some suitable Person or Persons in their Room, 
shall as soon a may be, Repair to said Township, and there on the 
spot take an Exact account of what Quantity of Ground is 
cleared, and what fences and buildings now are, or have been 
Erected on the Respective Home Lotts, or on the second Division 
or hundred acre Lotts in said Township, and Report the same 
upon Oath to the said Proprietors at a Meeting to be called by 
said Comtee for that Purpose, And the Comtee are to pursue 
the said Petition of the Proprietors at said Court for Confirma- 
tion of the Grant, and for Incorporating said Township into a 
Town or District." 

It appears that the Committee proceeded at once to fulfill 
the above votes, as we find that, at the adjournment of this 



50 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

meeting held on May 24, 1759, Mr. Goodwin presented his 
account as treasurer for the Proprietors. 

Among other items were two, by which it appears that John 
Wight and Samuel Turner each were paid £2 "for services at 
sd Township." 

At the same meeting, the committee doubtless rendered a 
report of their doings, but no record of such action was ever 
entered on the Proprietors' book, and for more than a century 
it was believed to have been lost or destroyed. 

Several years ago, however. Rev. George M. Bodge, a native 
of "Windham, while searching among the old archives of Massa- 
chusetts, discovered the original report of that old-time com- 
njittee. Mr. Bodge at once copied its time-hallowed pages and 
generously made the contents public property ; hence, we have 
no hesitation in saying that it is the most valuable discovery 
relating to our early history that has ever come to light. Here- 
tofore the historian had to depend on scanty material gleaned, in 
most eases, from family records, traditions, or mere conjecture; 
but, in this official report, we learn positively the condition of 
AVindham, as it existed more than one hundred and fifty years 
ago. 

The following is a true copy of the original document, as it 
appears on the Archives of Massachusetts, Vol. 117, Page 481. 
It is entitled ' ' An Account of the Settlement at New Marblehead 
and by who made. This 26 April, A.D. 1759." 

"No. 1. School Lot. Unsettled. 

No. 2. 8 acres of Land Cleared. Bubble houses. 

No. 3. ditto, settled by Maxwell & Mayberry, 1755. 

No. 4. Unsettled. Under care of Esc^r. Tasco. 

No. 5. nine acres cleared, with a house, settled by 
Eph. Winship, 1750. 

No. 6. ditto, with a Barn, settled by Gersham Win- 
ship, 1750. 

No. 7. 8 acres cleared, with a house settled by Joseph 
Sterling, 1751. 

No. 8. 9 acres cleared, with Remains of house, settled 
by Jos. Sterling, 1750. 

No. 9. 10 acres cleared, with a house Rotten down, 
settled by John Bodge, 1744. 



THE EARLY SETTLERS 51 

No. 10. 10 acres cleared. Settled by John Bodge, 1752. 

No. 11. 8 acres cleared, with a house Rotten down, 
settled by William :\Iayberry, 1740. 

No. 12. 7 acres cleared, the house Rotten down, set- 
tled by Curtis Chute, . 

No. 13. 7 acres cleared. ) No House, improved 

No. 14. 7 acres cleared. ) by Capt Thomas Chute, . 

No. 15. 8 acres cleared, ye house Rotten down. Set- 
tled by Gersham Manchester. (Deceased) 1740. 

No. 16. 9 acres cleared, with a house settled by John 
]\Ianchester, 1752. 

No. 17. 13 acres cleared, "j 

No. 18. 13 acres cleared. ( These four belong to 

No. 19. 13 acres cleared. ( Thomas Mayberry with a 

No. 20. 11 acres cleared. ) Garrison House on No. 19. 

No. 21. 10 acres cleared, with a house, settled by 
Saml Webb, 1752. 

No. 22. 7 acres cleared, with a house, settled by Saml 
Matthews, deceased, 1751. 

No. 23. 8 acres cleared, with a house, settled by 
Seth Webb, 

No. 24. 8 acres cleared, with a house, Rotten I 1744. 
down, owned by Seth Webb, 

No. 25. 15 acres cleared, with a house, but no"^ 
family. 

No. 26. 15 acres cleared, with a Garrison house, I 1750. 
settled by William Mayberry, J 

No. 27. 15 acres cleared. No house, belongs to Richd 
I*Iayberry who dwells with his father. 

No. 28. 9 acres cleared, the house Rotten down, set- 
tled by Natt. Starboard, deceased, 1745. 

No. 29. 12 acres cleared, the house Rotten down. 
Settled by John Farrow, deceased, 1740. 

No. 30. 12 acres cleared, a garrison, settled by John 
Farrow jun? 1752. 

No. 31. 12 acres cleared, a house. Rotten down, be- 
longing to sd Farrow, 1743. 

No. 32. 12 acres cleared, a house, settled by Stephen 
Manchester, 1742. 

No. 33. 2 acres cleared. Ministerial Lott. 



52 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

No. 34. 7 acres cleared, upon which stands the Prov- 
ince Fort. 

No. 35. 7 acres cleared, house Rotten down, settled 
by Revd Mr. Wight. 

No. 36. 15 acres cleared, a house built by Abraham 
Anderson, 1740. 

No. 37, 15 acres cleared, a Rotten down house, built 
by sd Anderson, 174 — . 

No. 38. 14 acres cleared, a house now standing, 
built by sd Anderson 1750. 

No. 39. 7 acres cleared, a house built and settled by 
Thomas Humphreys, (deceased.) 1742. 

No. 40. 7 acres cleared, a house Rotten down. Set- 
tled by Saml Elder, (deceased.) 1743. 

No. 41. 7 acres cleared, the house Rotten down, set- 
tled by Jonas Napp. (deceased Knapp.) 1748. 

No. 42. 5 acres cleared, a house belonging to Capt. 
Chute, 1752. 

No. 43. 4 acres cleared, with a house, but no family. 

No. 44. 7 acres cleared, with a house, settled by 
Zeble Hunnewell, 1756. 

No. 45. 7 acres cleared ) a Bubble house settled 

No. 46, 8 acres cleared I by Willm Elder, 1753, 

No. 47. 14 acres cleared, a house now improved by 
John Stevens junr? . 

No. 48. 14 acres cleared, a house, now improved by 
John Stevens, senr? . 

No. 49. 7 acres cleared, by Mireker Walker, who is 
settled on the hundred acres, . 

No. 50. 12 acres cleared, with Barn belonging to^ 
Hugh Crage, 

No. 51. 12 acres cleared, with a house belonging). 1751. 
to P. Crage 

No. 52. 14 acres cleared, the house Rotten down, set- 
tled by Thomas Bolton, 1741. 

No, 53, 14 acres cleared, with a Garrisond house, be- 
longing to Willm Bolton 1744. 

No. 54, 13 acres cleared, with a hose. Rotten Down. 
Settled by Thos Bolton 1742, 



THE EARLY SETTLERS 53 

No. 55, 12 acres cleared, with a house, belonging to 
Robert Muckeford, 1755. 

No. 56. 10 acres cleared, with a house, belonging 
to John Mayberry, 

No. 57. 10 acres cleared, with a house, where sd 1751. 
Mayberry now dwelleth. 

No. 58. 9 acres cleared, with a house, settled by 
Eleazer Chase, 1751. 

No. 59. 9 acres cleared, the house Rotten down, set- 
tled by Brown, (deceased), 1750. 

No. 60. 7 acres cleared, the house standing but no 
family. 

No. 61. 9 acres cleared, a Garrisond house be- 1749. 

longing to Caleb Grafton, 

No. 62. 2 acres cleared, no house nor family, belong- 
ing to Wm. Knights. 

No. 63. 9 acres cleared, the house Rotten down, set- 
tled by Caleb Grafton, 1743. 

"Quantity of Acres of Land cleared in said Town, 594. 

Samuel Turner, 
John Wight." 

The following is also a part of the report : — 

"A List of 29 Lotts in New Marblehead that were settled 
April 26, 1759, with the names of the Original grantees to whom 
the}' belonged, and the Names of the Families now settled, — 



Nos 


By whom drawn. 


Families settled upon 


3. 


Robert Parramore 


]\Iaxwell & IMayberry 


5. 


Michael Bowden 


Ephraim Winship 


6. 


Samuel Stacey 3d 


Gershom Winship 


7. 


Ebenezer Hawkes, Junr 


Joseph Sterling 


10. 


Thomas Wood 


John Bodge 


32. 


Thomas Chute 


Curtis Chute 


16. 


James Sharer 


John ^Manchester 


19. 


Joseph Majory 


Thomas Mayberry 


21. 


John Stacey 


Samuel Webb 


22. 


Richard Reed 


Samuel ]\Iatthews 


23. 


John Bayly 


Seth Webb 


26. 


James Ferryman 


William Mayberry 



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WINDHAM IN THE PAST 



27. 


Moses Galley 


Richard Mayberry 


30. 


Nathan Bowen 


John Farrow 


32. 


Abraham "Howard Esq. 


Stephen Manchester 


38. 


Benjamin James Junr 


Abrm Anderson 


42. 


Isaac Mansfield 


Tho. Chute 


44. 


Joseph Howard 


Zerubbabel Hunnewell 


46. 


Samuel Brimbleeome 


William Elder 


47. 


Joseph Griffin 


John Stevens Junr 


48. 


Joseph Smethurst 


John Stevens Senr 


49. 


William Ingalls 


Micer Walker 


51. 


John Felton 


Hugh Crage 


52. 


Joseph Blaney Esq 


Thomas Bolton 


53. 


Andrew Tucker 


William Bolton 


55. 


Nathl Evans 


Kobert Mickeford 


57. 


William Meberry 


John Mayberry 


58. 


William Goodwin 


Eleazer Chase 


61. 


Giles Ivimy 


Caleb Grafton." 



Massachusetts Archives, Vol. 117, pp. 481-3. 



CHAPTER III 

Indian Troubles and Military Affairs 

The settlement of frontier towns in America has always pro- 
duced a condition of warfare between the aborigines and the 
white men, and the history of many an early township is stained 
with the blood of its citizens, shed while protecting their home- 
steads from the attacks of a savage and merciless foe. The 
Indians regarded the presence of the whites as a direct encroach- 
ment on their natural rights and privileges; and, with all the 
ferocity of their savage nature, they strove to drive back the 
invaders. Their animosity seems to have been directed against 
the English settlers of New England in a peculiar manner, and 
the stories of towns destroyed and of inhabitants slaughtered or 
carried into hopeless captivity are familiar to all students of 
history. It has been said that the English-speaking people had 
no sympathy with the aborigines and wronged them whenever 
and wherever they could; while the French, on the other hand, 
treated them fairly and so gained their confidence and esteem. 
This is doubtless true, to a certain extent, and our forefathers 
were probably, at times, the aggressors, or, at least, took but little 
pains to cultivate the society of the natives or put forth efforts 
to elevate the race. With the French, however, it was vastly 
different, as we know that they mingled freely with the most 
barbarous tribes and readily adapted themselves to their rude 
modes of living. Then, too, French missionaries were sent here 
at an early period, and the names of Rev. Fathers Biard, Masse, 
Rasle. and many others, who were in the District of ]\Iaine, dw^ell- 
ing among the Indians as missionaries of the Roman Catholic 
Church, are well known to us all. These men strove by every 
means in their power to teach their wild converts to be true to 
the Church and to the King of France ; also to hate the English 
and destroy them whenever an opportunity occurred. Hence it 
was that, whenever a war existed between France and England, 
we find the Indians always taking sides with the former power; 
and it is a well-known fact that several of the Indian raids 



56 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

against the white settlements in Maine were planned and led by 
Frenchmen. 

The contlict was long and bloody, but, finally, the sturdy 
Saxon blood asserted its supremacy, the red man and his French 
coadjutor went down to an overwhelming defeat, and peace and 
prosperity reigned in the place of anarchy and destruction. 

At the time the grant of Windham was made, the Indians 
were quiet throughout New England ; but, as early as the fall of 
1743, it was noticed that a spirit of unrest prevailed among them 
that boded ill for the frontier settlements. Indications of a war 
between England and France became evident to the leading men 
of the colonies, and Governor William Shirley of Massachusetts, 
one of the most able men of the times, at once began to provide 
means of defence for the exposed settlements against the assaults 
of the Indians, as may be seen by the following papers : 

"In the House of Representatives, Nov. 12, 1743. 

"Whereas it appears necessary from the apprehensions this 
House has of a speedy rupture between the crowns of Great 
Britain and France, that the Inland Frontiers in this Province 
be put into a better posture of Defense. Therefore, 

"Voted, that the following sums be and hereby are granted 
to be paid out of the Public treasury to be laid out in some of 
the Settlements in the County of York. Viz : To Berwick One 
Hundred Pounds; To New Marblehead (Windham) One Hun- 
dred Pounds ; To Scarborough, One Hundred Pounds ; To Gor- 
ham Town, One Hundred Pounds; To Sheepscutt, One Hundred 
Pounds; To Broad Bay or to the Inhabitants at the Falls called 
Madomock as the Captain General shall direct. Seventy five 
Pounds; To Newbury Narraganset, One Hundred Pounds; To 
Phillips Town, One Hundred Pounds; To Damariscotta, Sixty six 
Pounds, Thirteen Shillings Fourpence, all which sums shall be 
taken out of the Seven Thousand Pounds, Appropriation pro- 
vided in the supply now before the Court, and shall be paid into 
the hands of Messrs. Moses Butler, Tobias Leighton, Samuel 
]Moody, James Skinner, Jacob Perkins. To be laid out in the 
most prudent manner in erecting in each of the before named 
Settlements for their Security during the War, a Garrison or 
Garrisons of Stockades, or of Square Timber around some Dwell- 



INDIAN TROUBLES AND MILITARY AFFAIRS 57 

ing house or houses, or otherwise, as will be most for the Security 
and defense of the whole Inhabitants of each place." 

Mass. Archives, Vol. 72, page 670. 

Nov. 30, 1743, Governor Shirley appointed as a committee to 
put the above orders in execution, William Pepperell, Jeremiah 
Moulton, John Hill, Samuel Waldo, James Skinner, Esquires, 
and Messrs. Moses Butler, Tobias Leighton, and Samuel Moody. 

On December 15, 1743, these gentlemen met at Falmouth 
(Portland) and located the several forts or block-houses. 

The inhabitants of New Marblehead began the erection of 
their stronghold as soon as they obtained their part of the 
Province appropriation, well knowing that if Great Britain and 
France came to an open rupture, the frontier towns would be 
the first to suffer from the savages. The "Province Fort" in 
New Marblehead was built upon Home Lot No. 33, originally 
drawn as the "Ministry" right. It stood on the east side of the 
"Main Road," very nearly in the center of the home lots and on 
the most elevated point of land in the neighborhood. The site of 
this ancient fort is on the land now (1910) owned by the heirs 
of the late Col. Edward Anderson. It was completed and ready 
for occupancy in the summer of 1744. 

The fort was fifty feet square, two-stories high, with walls 
one foot thick, of hewn hemlock timber, the upper story jutting 
one foot over the lower, a tier of port-holes being constructed just 
beneath this projection. There were two flankers or, as they 
were then called, "watch boxes," placed at diagonal corners. 
These were two stories high and twelve feet square, with walls of 
the same thickness as the main building. Each flanker had a 
"swivel gun," furnished by the Proprietors, and so arranged as 
to defend two sides of the fort. The fort was surrounded on all 
sides by a stockade, made l)y setting posts ten or twelve inches in 
diameter and twelve feet long perpendicularly in the ground so 
near together that an Indian could not pass between them. The 
entrance to this stockade was through a heavy oaken gate, secured 
1)3' strong bars and bolts. 

Inside the stockade, its muzzle pointing to the gate, was an 
iron nine-pounder gun, presented to the settlers by the Province, 
to be used in firing alarms or in defending the main entrance to 
their stronghold. T. L. Smith, in his "History," relates that 



58 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

this gun and one of the swivels was, in 1776, carried to Portland 
and put on board the privateer, "Reprieve," and never re- 
turned; W'hile the other, sometime about 1835, was intentionally 
destroyed at North Windham. 

At a Proprietor's meeting held at Marblehead, July 30, 1744, 
it was 

"Voted, that the half Barrel (or 50 wt of Powder purchased 
of Mr. William Mabery be paid for by the Proprietors, being 
£20 9s Old Tenor, & the said Powder to be for the use of the 
Inhabitants of sd Township on any extraordinary Occasions 
according to further direction. 

"Voted, that said Powder be put into the hands of Mr. Wni. 
iNIabery, he supplying the Inhabitants (who need it) to the value 
of half a pound to each man, he receiving money for the same 
(at twelve shillings pr pound Old Tenor) or note therefor pay- 
able to him or Order, and to Returne the same to the Proprs 
Treasurer for the time being and the of Said Powder to 
be kept in the Block House for the use thereof in time of action, 
in ease the same be attacked by the Indians or any other enemies, 
and no other ways whatsoever, he likewise giving account how 
the said powder is expended on said Occasions, and that he give 
a Receipt accordingly. 

"Voted, that the present Comtee be and hereby are directed 
(at the Publick charge of the proprietors) to purchase two 
swivel-guns, and send them to the said Town-ship for the use of 
the Proprs to be placed in the Block House for the Defence 
thereof." 

In the House of Representatives, Nov. 12, 1743, (the next day 
after the block houses were voted) it was voted to ask the Gov- 
ernor to give authority to raise "Snow-Shoe Companies" in 
various parts on the frontiers of Massachusetts and Maine. 
These companies were to be composed of "fifty able-bodied, effec- 
tive men in each;" each officer and private was "to provide him- 
self with a good pair of Snow-Shoes, one pair of Moggisons and 
one Hatehett." During the war, they were to hold themselves 
in readiness to march "at the shortest warning" against the 
enemy. 

The Governor readily granted the request, and the duty of 



INDIAN TROUBLES AND MILITARY AFFAIRS 



59 



organizing these companies and nominating the proper officers 
was assigned to a committee, consisting of William Pepperill, 
Jeremiah Moulton, Samuel Waldo, and Arthur Noble. One of 
these companies was organized in this part of old York County 
and contains the names of several men belonging to New Marble- 
head and a few from Gorham and Scarborough. 

The following, copied from the "Massachusetts Archives," 
will be interesting to many whose ancestors were members of this, 
our first military organization. 

"A List of a Snow Shoe Company under command of Capt. 
Domini Jordan, in the County of York agreeable to his Ex- 
cellency 's command. 

Domini Jordan, Captain 
George Berry, Lieutenant 
Nath'l Jordan, Ensign 

Thomas Millett 
Isaac Skillin 
Samuel Skillin, Junr 



John Robertson 
Isaac Winter 
Robert Jameson 
Briant Morton 
Thomas Lareby 
Joseph Sawyer 
Benja Parker 
John Jordan 3d 
Daniel Bayley 
William Urin 
Thomas French 
John French 
Joseph Fletcher 
Benja Johnson 
John Owin 
Jeremiah Poate 
Jonathan Tracey 
Joshua Weeks 
William Knights 



Samuel Procter, Junr 
Zerubebull Hunnewell 
John Stevens 
Josiah Plummer 
John Eyers 
Daniel Robertson 
Joshua Larance 
Benja Douty 
Isaac McKenny 
Thomas Brackit 
Jacob Cleford 
Timothy Worster 
Zachu Brackitt, Junr 
John Procter 
Joshua Illsley 
Joseph Emerson 
Abraham Anderson 
Joseph Conant 
Samuel Conant 
Samuel Watts 
AVilliam Lareby 
David Guston 

Samuel Lareby, Scarborough 



60 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

William Reed, Gorhamtown 
John Irish, Gorhamtown 
Joseph Peake, Bedford 

" I do hereby certify that the above is a true List of the Snow- 
Shoe Company By Me enlisted in ye County of York, and that 
each person therein said Company is eqquiped with a pair of 
Snow-Shoes, and Moggisons, also one Hatchett according to his 
Excellency's order and the vote of the General Court witness my 
hand. Falmouth April ye 14, 1744. Domini Jordan." 

The duty of furnishing the block-houses with garrisons was, 
at first, entrusted to the inhabitants, under the direction of a 
lieutenant or sergeant, according to the nunmber of families. 

In New Marblehead, the Government allowed "pay and sub- 
sistence" for eighteen men in the summer and nine in the winter. 
Thomas Chute was in charge of the garrison and the distribution 
of the government money, which was impartially dispensed to all 
the families. The duty of gviarding the fort and those who were 
at work in the fields, and of occasionally scouting short distances 
around the settlement, was divided as equally as possible among 
the men of the township. 

Thus our ancestors, with courage and persistency, although 
few in numbers and poor in money, make preparations to main- 
tain their rights against a savage and relentless foe. A few, 
however, alarmed at the prospect of war, left town and went to 
Portland with their families for safety and remained until peace 
was declared ; but those of sterner material determined to remain 
and protect their homes and families to the last extremity. The 
opportunity soon came, as the war between Great Britain and 
France was declared in March, 1744, and was formally com- 
municated to the Governor of ^Massachusetts, on the second day 
of June, 1744. 

The inhabitants of New ^Marblehead had pressed the building 
of their fort with the utmost vigor, so that it Avas now ready for 
occupancy, and it is probable that the greater part of the settlers 
moved into it by the last of May, 1744. The Fort in which they 
took refuge was regarded, both by the settlers and Indians, as a 
place of security, and from its favorable location, workman-like 
construction, and well-appointed armament, it was doubtless one 
of the strongest of those built in the Province at this time. 



INDIAN TROUBLES AND MILITARY AFFAIRS 61 

The first attacks of the Indians on the white settlements in 
Maine, in this war, were made July 19, 1715, at St. Georges and 
Damariscotta (Newcastle) ; and from that time until 1751, the 
settlers were exposed to all the dangers of a savage war. In the 
New Marblehead block-house eighteen men (not all heads of fam- 
ilies) were gathered for safety. These men were Thomas Chute, 
Rev. John Wight, Abraham Anderson, William Mayberry, Sam- 
uel Webb, John Farrow, Thomas Bolton, Thomas ]\Iayberry, Cur- 
tis Chute, Gershom ^Manchester, David Webb, William ^Maxwell, 
John Bodge, William Bolton, Stephen Manchester, Seth Webb, 
John Webb, and John Farrow, Jr. 

On Oct. 25, 1741, an order passed the General Court, authoriz- 
ing a bounty of one hundred pounds for every scalp of a male 
Indian above the age of twelve years, and fifty pounds for each 
woman or child under the age of twelve years. Five pounds 
more were offered for a prisoner than for a scalp. In November 
of that year, the garrison here was composed of the inhabitants 
who were employed in this service, and Capt. Jordan's snow-shoe 
company was the only active force in this vicinity. 

The winter passed without any attacks ; but, with the spring, 
the old discontent was manifested by occasional depredations of 
prowling bands here and there. The first outbreak recorded was, 
on July 18th or 19th, near Damariscotta, but trouble soon spread 
all along the frontier of Maine. On August 5th, the savages ap- 
peared at Gorham but went away without attempting any 
damage. 

On August 23d, war was formally declared against the 
Indians. During the summer of 1745, two companies had been 
employed by the government in scouting ; one under Capt. Bean, 
whose "Instructions" are preserved in the "Massachusetts 
Archives," Vol. 72, page 711, dated June 4, 1745. In these he 
is directed to march his company to York County, and then "to 
transport them to such parts of the of said County as needs 
their protection," making two divisions and appointing "some 
discreet person" as Sergeant over the second division. One 
division was to "rendezvous" at Berwick and scout from thence 
to Saco River; the other to "rendezvous" at North Yarmouth, 
"whither they are to be transported by sea," and thence to range 
the woods to the block-house on the Saco River. These routes 
were to be traversed back and forth, once each week. Capt. Bean 



62 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

is also charged to keep an exact journal of his scouting expedi- 
tions and to have the officer he appoints do the same ; and these 
journals were to be left, at the end of each half -route, in the care 
of Nicholas Shapleigh at Berwick, Rishworth Jordan at Saco, 
and Gilbert Winslow at North Yarmouth, to be forwarded by 
these gentlemen with all speed to the Council at Boston. 

Rev. Thomas Smith, under date of August 1, 1745, refers to 
a Company under "one Capt. Bean," that "scouts from Saco to 
Presumpscot, ' ' and further says, ' ' One Capt. Mocbun has another 
that scouts from Presumpscot to Brunswick ; besides there are 
others companies that scout along the frontiers." We have 
never been able to ascertain anything in regard to this Capt. 
Mocbun, but Capt. Jonathan Beane was of York, being a very 
prominent military man in the Province and one of those who 
had charge of posting the garrisons in Maine. 

April 19, 1746, the Indians made their appearance across the 
Presumpscot River in the neighboring town of Gorham, where 
four men, with their families, were living in their houses outside 
the fort. They were William Bryant, John Reed, Hugh McLel- 
lan, and Edward Cloutman, all of whom were engaged in their 
usual vocations. 

Reed, while going from McLellan's to his own house, was 
suddenly beset by the savages, who sprang out of the bushes and 
overpowered him. 

Cloutman w^as at work in his field and, although unarmed and 
taken by surprise, was captured only after a desperate struggle 
in which, it is said, he disabled three of his assailants. 

Bryant and his son were at work in the field, and when they 
saw^ the Indians, the boy ran into the woods and made his escape. 
Mr. Bryant started for the fort but was overtaken and killed 
before he could reach the place of safety. The Indians then 
M-ent to Bryant's house, where they killed his four younger 
children, one, an infant of two weeks, and compelled his wife to 
go with them. Having committed this outrage, and finding that 
they were in danger of being attacked by men from the garrison, 
they hastily withdrew, taking with them their prisoners, Clout- 
. man, Reed, and Mrs. Bryant, all of whom they carried to Canada. 

The party having charge of Reed and Cloutman arrived there 
May 14, 1746. :Mrs. Bryant did not come until Sept. 30th of 
that year. 



INDIAN TROUBLES AND MILITARY AFFAIRS 63 

On October 20, 1746, Edward Cloutman and Robert Dunbar, 
who was taken prisoner at Albany, made their escape, but both 
were drowned while crossing an arm of Lake Champlain. 

Reed died a prisoner, October 20, 1746. 

]\lrs. Bryant married, on Nov. 20, 1746, Leonard Lidle, also 
a prisoner, and she died May 8, 1747. So none of those taken 
on that fatal day ever returned to Gorham. 

The settlers in New Marblehead were evidently alarmed at this 
attack on their Gorham neighbors and kept within the walls of 
their stronghold ; or, if compelled to work on their farms, did so 
under the protection of a strong guard. Although the savages 
were sometimes seen lurking about the settlement, they caused 
no trouble until April 14, 1747. 

On that day, William and Joseph Knights, sons of William 
Knights who lived on Home Lot No. 62, were taken prisoners 
while looking for their father's cows near Inkhorn Brook. They 
were unarmed and were taken without resistance. Thomas L. 
Smith, Esq. says "They were carried to the Indian settlements, 
were well treated by the Indians and soon after returned home. 
From a diary kept by William Bote, Jr., then a prisoner at 
Quebec, we learn that these young men (Mr. Bote calls them lads) 
arrived at the prison, on :\Iay 18, 1747, having been a little more 
than a month on the journey. A w^ell-authenticated tradition in 
the Knights family relates that William was allowed to come 
home in a short time; but that Joseph, who seems to have cap- 
tivated the fancy of the savages, was adopted as one of the tribe 
and did not return to civilized life until peace was declared, in 
1751. The tradition further relates that Joseph took kindly to 
the Indian mode of life, comporting himself, in all respects, as a 
feavage to the manner born and bred. His ready adaptation of 
their habits was highly gratifying to the Indians, and they 
promised in time to make him a chief among them and even 
selected a young squaw for his future wife. Joe 's opinion in this 
matter has never been reported, so far as we know, but we are 
sure that his wife was a white woman. We had the foregoing 
story from one of Joseph Knight's granddaughters and have no 
doubt of its truth. 

August 27, 1747, a party of French and Indians, said to have 
been about thirty in number, entered the town and approached 
within a short distance of the fort. There they met two young 



64 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

men, William Bolton and William Maxwell, whom they attempted 
to capture, but both being well armed, decidedly objected to such 
an arrangement and made a brave resistance. Bolton discharged 
his musket at his assailants, but, before he could reload, the 
Indians rushed upon him, overpowered him. and made him a 
prisoner. Maxwell, seeing that the odds were against him, did 
just what greater warriors have done under like circumstances, — ■ 
he retreated — not, however, according to strict military rules, 
which would imply a change of front ; he simply backed out. In 
ether words, he w^alked backwards in the direction of his base 
of support, the old Province Fort, all the while keeping his gun 
aimed at his foes. During this memorable retreat, the Indians 
discharged several shots at him, one of which inflicted a painful, 
though not dangerous wound. He, however, resolutely pursued 
his novel style of tactics until the people at the fort, hearing the 
guns, sent an armed party to his relief. This attack was made 
in the main road about one-fourth of a mile south of the fort. 

As previously related, Bolton was carried to Canada and sold 
to a French naval officer, who carried him on board a French 
frigate in the capacity of a servant. Shortly after the frigate 
put to sea, she was captured by an English man-of-war and 
carried into Boston. Bolton became the servant of Lieutenant 
Wallace of the English frigate, and thereby hangs a tale. 

While in the service of Lieut. Wallace, Bolton had a very easy 
time, his only duty being to wait on his master ; but one day, an 
incident occurred that came near proving a savor of death to 
poor Bolton, — he was ordered to make a cup of tea for the 
Lieutenant's breakfast. Now the officer had a pound of the 
fragrant herb, which was kept for his especial use. Bolton put 
the whole amount into a tea-kettle of cold water and set it over 
the galley fire to steep. Everything progressed finely for a 
while, but shortly the water began to boil, and then the fun be- 
came fast and furious. The tea leaves swelled, the steaming mess 
hissed and sputtered, the kettle cover bounced off with a bang, 
and the fragrant liquid flew in every direction, causing a general 
stampede of everybody in the vicinity and nearly frightening the 
impromptu cook out of his senses. The Lieutenant, on being 
informed of the affair, hastened to the scene of action, and, 
thinking it a clear case of malice aforethought, ordered Bolton 
to be severely flogged. The captain of the vessel, however, 



INDIAN TROUBLES AND MILITARY AFFAIRS 65 

thought his offence might be due to ignorance and asked the 
trembling culprit if he ever saw any tea before. To this he re- 
plied that he never did and supposed he must make it as his 
mother did herb tea. This answer so mollified the Lieutenant's 
wrath that Bolton was forgiven on the spot, and good will and 
harmony henceforth prevailed between them. 

Shortly afterwards Bolton's situation became known to the 
master of a coasting vessel from Portland. He applied to the 
Governor for his release, which was promptly granted, and Bolton 
returned to Windham to the great joy of his parents. 

Several years after this, when he had become a prosperous 
farmer, Mr. Bolton, while in Portland, saw a gang of boys annoy- 
ing an old man. who appeared to be unable to defend himself 
against their attacks, and went to the rescue. A few well- 
directed cuts from his heavy whip quickly dispersed the mob, 
after which Mr, Bolton turned his attention to the rescued man. 
To his utter astonishment, this proved to be his old master, 
Lieutenant Wallace, now homeless and friendless. ^Ir. Bolton 
brought him to Windham, tenderly cared for him until his death, 
and gave him a Christian burial on his own lot, in the old Smith 
Cemetery at South Windham. Thomas L. Smith, Esq. says that 
Lieut. Wallace was 80 years old at the time of his death. 

On Aug. 21, 1750, the Indians captured Seth Webb, son of 
Samuel Webb, first of the name in this town, within half a mile 
of the fort. The incidents of this capture are fully set forth in 
the following letter from Thomas Chute to ^lajor Freeman. 

"New Marblehead, 

Septembr 21, 1750. 

"Major Freeman, Sir: This comes to inform you that this 
morning about nine o'clock Mr. Webb and his son Seth was 
making a Fence in his Field by his house, & having left an axe 
a few Rodds out of the Field in the woods; the sd Webb sente 
his Son alone to fetch it. and having received sd axe & returning 
with it to his father; before he gott into the Field ye Indians 
tiered two guns at him, and his father and ^Ir. Bodge beared him 
scream out for help; and immediately ye Indians yel'd out & in 
a few minutes about eight or ten men isued out of the Garrison 
and went after them But could ot finnd the Indians nor ye young 
man, But found his axe where ve Indians tiered on him, and we 



66 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

have yett about Fourteen Men after them, we have heard since 
the young man was carried off near Twenty Guns which we sup- 
pose ye Indians are firing at our Cattle, for 'several of them is 
come in as if they were very much Frightd, so I thought it my 
Duty to let you know what loss we have met with ; that we might 
have some Care taken of us; if you look on us as King's Subjects; 
for every man does what is right in his own eyes. 
From your Humble Servant, 

Thomas Chute." 

So far as can be learned, no further efforts were made for the 
rescue of young Webb, and he was carried to Canada where the 
Indians always found a market for their English captives. He 
does not appear to have suffered any positive ill-treatment, either 
on the journey to Canada or after his arrival there. He re- 
mained in captivity until June, 1752, when Capt. Phineas Stevens 
and Nathaniel Wheelwright were sent by the government to 
Canada 'to effect the release of the English captives held by the 
French and Indians. These gentlemen were kindly received by 
the authorities and accorded every facility to prosecute their 
search, but were able to regain but eight. Among these was 
Seth Webb, who is recorded on their list as being at that time 
at St. Francis. With him was Joseph Noble, a young man cap- 
tured at Swan Island, ]\Ie. Seth Webb returned to Windham, 
where he remained until 1766, when he removed to Deer Isle, 
]\re., and there died, leaving a numerous posterity. 

The organization of the military in this part of Maine may 
be fairly estimated from the following muster roll : — 

"Muster Roll of Capt. George Berry's Company, Falmouth, 
From :\Iay 19, 1746, to January 19, 1747. 

George Berry, Captain. 
Edward King, Lieutenant. 
Daniel Field, Ensign. 

Sergeants 
John Trott, James Tuttle, Benjamin Stevens, Richard Hunni- 
well. John Phinney, John Stevens, Thomas Chute, Jonathan 
Underwood, Clerk. 

Corporals 
James Buxton, Caleb Graffam, Jonas Knap. 



indian troubles and military affairs 67 

Sentinals 

David Hoyt, Benjamin Larraby, Thomas Millet, John Me- 
sarve, John Starboard, William McCollinson, Joshua Lawrence, 
George Berry, Jr., James Irish, Joseph Irish, Andr Pepperell 
Frost, John Cannon, Samuel Graves, Hugh Barbour, John 
Whitton, Nathaniel Starboard, John Bayley, Ephraim Mason, 
Zerrubbabell Hunniwell, William Huston, Samuel Cobb, James 
Cobb, Benjamin Winslow, George Strout, William Knight, Ben- 
jamin Haskall, Dover a Negro, Richard Pumroy, Chipman Cobb, 
Thomas Pennell, James Wyman, Joseph Conant, Thomas Haskall, 
William Haskall, Thomas Thomes, Richard Pumroy Jr., Peter 
Cobb, Nathan Winslow, Nathaniel Lock, Samuel Conant, Solomon 
Haskall, Henry Jordan. 

North Yarmouth Division 

Sergt. James Tuttle, in command. James Buxton, Ephraim 
Sturdivant, James Anderson, Amos Harris, William Hooper, 
Gideon Eaton, Corpl Nicholas Loring, Benjamin Walch, Jacob 
Brown Jnr., Benjamin Brown, Joseph Drinkwater, Samuel 
Royall, Abraham Pettin, Noah Mitchell, Joseph Howland, 
Joseph Mitchell, John Stevens. 

Scarborough Division 

Sergt. Richard Hunniwell, in command. James Libbee, 
Thomas Foss. Richard Carter, Axul Robarts, Josiah Hunniwell, 
Jethro Starboard. Timothy Ha^'iies, Daniel bloody, Robert Mun- 
son, Samuel Laraby, Walter Foss Jr., John Libbee, Noah Libbee. 

Turned over from Capt. Jonathan Beans' Company: Jacob 
Eastman, Eleazer Chase, Peter Calton, Obadiah Maxwell, Jacob 
Barker, William Holt, Jacob Blaisdell, Jeremiah Springer. 

New Marblehead Division 
Sergt. Thomas Chute, in command. William Meayberry, 
John Farrow, John Farrow Junr, John Bodge, David Webb, 
William Maxwell, Thomas Bolton, Gershom Manchester, Stephen 
Manchester, Curtis Chute, Seth Webb, W^illiam Bolton, Samuel 
Webb, Abraham Anderson, John Wight, Thomas Meayberry, 
John Webb. 

Gorhamtown Division 
Sergt. John Phinney, in command. Jacob Hamblen, Jere- 
miah Hodgdon, Stephen Phinney, Clement Meserve, Eliphalet 



68 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

AVatson, John Phinney junr, William McLallen, Edmond Phin- 
ney, Hugh Hosier. 

"Wages of Sergeant 2£ Is. 3d. per month. Wages of Private 
1£ lis. 3d. per month." 

Massachusetts Archives, Vol. 92, p. 73. 

It will be seen by the foregoing roll, that while Capt. Berry 
was in command, all the men in the New ^Marblehead garrison 
were rated as government soldiers and paid accordingly, which, 
in their straitened circumstances, must have been a great help, 
as they were exposed to great danger in cultivating their farms. 

Capt. Berry was succeeded by Capt. Daniel Hills of Newbury, 
who assumed command of the forces operating in this vicinity, in 
May, 1748, and his company was composed principally of men 
belonging to different towns in IMassachusetts. 

At first, he adhered to the previous arrangement and kept the 
eighteen New Marblehead men, including Rev. John Wight, who 
acted as Chaplain, Sergt. Thomas Chute, Z. Hunnewell, and the 
two Knights, in the New Marblehead quota ; but in the winter of 
1748, he retained only six in the government's pay. 

Feeling aggrieved at this arbitrary action on the part of Capt. 
Hills, the inhabitants of New Marblehead petitioned the Governor 
as follows: 

"To His Excellency William Shirley Esqr Commander in 
chief in and over His Majisties Province of ye Massachusetts 
Bay in New England and to the Honble the Council and House 
of Representatives in General Court Assembled. 

"The petition of us the Subscribers, Inhabitants of New 
Marblehead in the County of York and Province aforesaid. 

' ' Humbly Showeth That Whereas Your Excellency & Honnrs 
in your knowledge, wisdom and goodness have for our Incourage- 
raent, been pleased to vote pay & subsistence to eighteen men of 
ye town in Sumer and nine in the Winter Season for several 
3'ears since the war whch we gratefully acknowledge hath been 
a great kindness to us and without which we apprehend we could 
not have subsisted and held our possessions by reason of ye ex- 
posedness of our Settlements & by which we are hindered from 
making any great improvements of them and now to our Grief 
and Discouragement, Capt. Daniel Hills (who had the command 
of ye forces for ye year 1748) informs us his ordrs are to detain 



INDIAN TROUBLES AND MILITARY AFFAIRS 69 

twenty men in the town aforesaid and Gorhamtown none of 
which to be Inhabitants, but all Western men, and that we should 
have no pay or subsistence in the winter season Except we in- 
listed into the service as Western men ; accordingly six of our 
Inhabitants inlisted under him. Now if such his proceedings be 
agreeable to ye intentions of yr Excellency & Honours, we shall 
lay our hands upon our Mouths, but if not we humbly pray yr 
Excellency & Honours would Exhibitt particular for our obtain- 
ing w^hat yr Design was concerning us particularly (as we ap- 
prehend we are all benefitted by ye aforesaid vote.) We hereto- 
fore have made an averidge of ye pay and subsistence among the 
whole of us. without being monthly entered & ingaged in ye 
service, it being for ye care of ye officer in making up his Muster 
Roll; but by ye scheme or method proposed & practiced by the 
said Capt. Hill none of us can be benefitted by yr grants but 
those inlisted; which Administration we humbly concive inconsis- 
tent with your intentions. Wherefore (if it be so) we beg the in- 
terposition of yr Excellency & Honours for us that we may be 
dealt with according to your wise and gracious designs concern- 
ing us. And as two of our young men who have continued with 
us through the war are arrived at full age, and six of our former 
inhabitants who at ye beginning of ye war removed from us and 
listed in the service being aflfraid they should not be able to sup- 
port themselves here are now returned with their families, we 
therefore likewise humbly pray your Excellency & Honours 
would add them to our number of Eighteen unto whom you have 
heretofore allowed full pay and subsistence in the Summer Sea- 
sons and we shall as in duty bound ever pray &c. 

Thomas Chute John Meayberry 

John Farrow Curtis Chute 

Thomas Bolton William Maxwell 

William ]\Ieayberry David Webb 

Abraham Anderson Hugh Crague 

Thomas Meayberry Nathaniel Starboard 

William Bolton Jonas Knap 

Caleb Graffam John Manchester 

Gershom IManchester John Farrow Jr. 

William Langothe John Webb 

William Elder John Bodge 



70 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

"In the House of Representatives April 14, 1749. Read and 
Ordered that the consideration of this Petition be deferred to the 
next sitting of this Court, 

"Sent up for Concurrence. 

T. Hutchinson, Speaker. 

"In Council April 14, 1749, Read and Concurred. 

J. Williams. Secretary 

"Consented to. 

W. Shirley." 
Massachusetts Archives, Vol. 73, p. 348. 

Among the papers put in a testimony by the petitioners, we 
find the following: 

"Thomas Chute. Thomas Boulton. Abraham Anderson, 
David Webb and Thomas Maberry, all inhabitants of New Mar- 
bleb ead, of full age, testify and saith that Capn Daniel Hills 
conduct and practis here from about ye 9th of December 1748 
to May ye twenty fourth 1749 ; has been as follows: 

"At ye settling of his company that his orders was to detain 
but twenty men, and them all to be Western Men or such as 
would due the duty of Western men ; telling them they must 
march and scout with him wherever he went, (*if it was to 
Georges on Panopscout or Sebaycook) wherever he required them 
to march which was what the inhabitants here had never been 
required to do all the war before but notwithstanding our In- 
habitants was willing to comply with the condissions rather than 
to be put out of pay ; but Capn Hill declared to us that he could 
alow but four Inhabitants which four should be them that had 
pleasured him in going to Sebacook to look out a convenient 
Tract of Land for a Township as we have good reason to think 
rather than any views he had of serving the publiek by search- 
ing for ye Enemye; & as soon as ye sd Capn Hills had settled 
his company for ye winter wch was about ye beginning of Deer 
he & his Lutenant & Insigne & all his Western men went home 
to the Westard and none of them ever returned to us again till 
about ye 20th of Feb'y last and ye Capt did not come till some- 

*Thia inclosed in parenthesis is erased in the original. 



INDIAN TROUBLES AND MILITARY AFFAIRS 71 

time in March & about ye 9 ; of this Instant May ye said Captn 
Hills took out his company (in ye very time when the Inhabitants 
should have planted there corn) without the least prospect as 
we apprehend of being serviceable to the Public good leiveing 
the garrison very weke and the Inhabitants that was left at home 
to work in theire fields without any gards as he has always done 
since he kept our garrison this Spring & his sone that is in pay 
has not been with us this five or six months. 

"New Marblehead May 26th 1749. 

Thos. Chute, 

his 
Thos. X Boolton. 

mark 
Abraham Anderson, 
David Webb, 
Thomas Meayberry. " 

Massachusetts Archives, Vol. 73, p. 359. 

"Memorandum of ye Inhabitants of New Marblehead that 
Capt Hils continued in pay is as follows: John Farrow Jr., Mr. 
John Wight, Samuel Webb, Stephen Manchester, Curtis Chute, 
Seth Webb, — which has received lowance which we alow to be 
Equil in Valine to Eight pounds a month. And ye names of ye 
Inhabitants that is not bin in pay is as follows : — John Farrow. 
Thomas Boolton, David Webb, John Webb, Thos Chute, Willm 
Mabery, Gersham Manchester, Abraham Anderson, John Bodge. 
Thos. Mabery, William Maxwell, William Boolton. 

(Signed) Thos. Chute." 

Massachusetts Archives, Vol. 73, p. 359. 

To the foregoing charges Capt. Hills made the following 
defence : 

"To his Excellency William Shearly Esqr Capn Genrl Com- 
mander in Chief in and over his Majesties province of the Massa- 
chusetts Bay in New England & to the Honnble his Majesties 
Counsell & Representatives in Genl Court Assembled. 

"Your humbel servant humbly showeth & myt beg leave of 
your Excellency & Hours to offer these few lines to your wise 
consideration in which i shall offer nothing but ye truth which 



72 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

1 should not have troubled this Honble Court with att this time 
if thair had not been two petitions sent to this as in complaint 
against my past conduct, one from Gorhamtown, the other from 
New Marblehead, the former thay keep private, but the latter i 
saw, which setts things in but a poor light & so Represented as 
I am perswaded thay themselves if cald would not be willing 
to make oath to, hoping they may be cald thair to. but I would 
take leave to inform your Excellency and Hours the truth and 
valaity of my conduct relating to these places, sum time in the 
beginning of last May 17-18 I was sent from Newbury with a 
Capns Commision & ordered from the Capn Genl to Command 
the before mentioned places and Saccrappa & to take into the 
Province pay 18 of the Inhabitance of New Marblehead; 14 of 
Gorhamtown &; 11 of Sacrappa as Province Solders, and also: 
30 : Westard men to jone me with theme for the safety & defence 
of these places & anoyment of the Enemy & to Scout as need 
Required ; and according to those orders & in obidance to his 
Excellencys command directly i proceeded according to those 
just orders I had received ; but was not joyned with the West- 
ward men till ye: 19: day of June, when immediately on receive- 
ing them i posted :10: at each place before mentioned according 
to my orders and put the Westward men directly to watch and 
guard ; and all I required of ye Inhabitance Solders was only 
1o take their turn with the Westard Solders to watch b.y knight 
& take the gards on the Sabbath Days this was all the Duty I 
required of them for the whole Summer & keep the Westward 
Solders constantly to gard the Inhabitance Solders att their 
work Except so many as was needfull to keep the forts; & I did 
not so much as put the Inhabitance Solders to one days duty, 
lut this would not give them contentment, for many of them, 
if I was not misinformed said to ye Westward Solders, that their 
Captn had no command of them nor could Require none & had 
nothing more to do with them than to give them allowance and 
git their wadges for them & likewise told the Westward Men 
that thay were only sent to waight on them at their pleasure, 
Which things are of evil consequence and hard for Westward 
men to bare; when we spaired no pains by Day or by Knight 
for them and the safety of those places. But to return, after the 
Inhabitance Solders had got throw thair Husbentry work, I was 
ordered to march into the woods att which time I ordered :4 : 



INDIAN TROUBLES AND MILITARY AFFAIRS 73 

of the Inhabitance Solders of New Marblehead, -A: of Gorham- 
town and :3 : of Sacrappa to goe this martch of 10 days; about 
the latter end of September we marcht with 42 men these In- 
habitance Solders mentioned, part of that number. Again in 
October I was ordered to Martch in ye woods with :60: men 
for 3 weeks, when I took one Inhabitance Solder of Sacrappa 
and ordered A : of New Marblehead and 4 of Gorhamtown to 
goe the Martch when they refused or neglected on a pretence 
to bee sick and so did goe the martch except one from Sacrappa 
making this excuse as they ever did that that the Cort had ex- 
cused them from Duty and I required no further duty of them 
because twas to no porpose and abought the 28 of November 
i received orders from the Captn Genl to dismiss all my men 
except 20 with myself and to follow Capt Jonathan Beans Direc- 
tion herein & he thought best to keep in but 8 or 10 of the In- 
habitance Solders & on the 29 of November I cald my men 
togather & offered more of the Inhabitance to be Solders than 
Avould except of it but I took into Province pay or continued 6 
of the Inhabitance of New Marblehead and 5 of Gorhamtown; 
at which time 3 of Sergt John Phinneys had the offer to be con- 
tinued solders but they all refused and sundry att each place and 
would not stand as Solders except I would make them (the) 
promos that they should not doe duty as solders which I thought 
not proper to do but I told them plainly that if any duty was 
required of me I should expect that thay would doe duty Equall 
to Westward men but I did not know that any would be required 
more than just to keep the forts and as far as reason would allow 
I would favor them ; but this was still their reply, the Cort did 
not expect duty from them, this is the way with Inhabitance 
Solders. But having past throw the Winter without doing any 
more than keeping the forts & thay think this to be hard to garde 
att all insomuch that one of them have hired or agreed with a 
Westward man to take his place and will not be a solder though 
but one day duty in Eight or :10: is Required of them or him; 
but I believe the same man has signed that petition that Mr. 
Chute Brought to be in pay and to doe no duty att all. As to 
what thay say to the Corts votes I never heard anything of it 
directly or indirectly till about ye 5, or 6 of March last past; 
and altho thay contend to bee Solders thay declare thay will not 



74 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

except they are excused from Duty but this I Rest with your 
Excellency & Hours wise conduct. Give me but twenty West- 
ward men an i will keep these two forts and anoymeiit of the 
Enemy, one Hundred pounds old tenner a year Cheper to have 
Every Inhabitance Removed than to have besides these Inhabit- 
ance put ye Province to more Charge than two Thousand pr 
year besides what men i ask for to keep them ; I have now but 
:7 : Westward men to keep these two distant forts and if the 
Inhabitance Solders myt be excused from duty and I have orders 
to (put) -.9 : into pay of the Inhabitance of New Marblehead I 
shall not have a man but myself to keep this fort if thay myt 
be excused from duty. ^loreover I am ordered to scout every 
day which (I think) hard for this was never Required of King 
or Ruler for one man to scout alone for thair is not a man of 
ye Inhabitance Solders willing to scout a day. I think it a grate 
hardship ever to have an Inhabitance Solder att all ; by reason 
all offesers complain of them and it Exposes the Westward 
Solders to double Duty & ofifesers are contemned by them & thay 
sett bad examples to all Government for they will not bee under 
Government by Avhich Reason the Westward Solders undergoe 
grate hardships and goe in grate dainger of their lives for want 
of good and obidant Solders. In short the Inhabitance Solders 
are never willing & hardly ever ready tis more work and pains 
to take care of twenty Inhabitance Solders than 100 Westward 
Solders, they are but a trouble & charg and little or no profite 
to King or Country ; for if thay are ordered to stop thay dont 
mind it that thereby all are Exposed to dainger. Did not Captn 
Burns att Brunswick loose his life last Spring for want of me? 
and sum others lost thair lives with him by reason ye Inhabitance 
Solders were taken up about thair work and many times I have 
scouted with but :3 : :4 : or :5 : men because these Eastward 
Solders must bee att thair work and many more Instances might 
bee added of this but to Relate one half would be too tedious. 
Are Westward men to plenty or of to little value that thair lives 
are nothing worth. But I humbly submit all to your Excellencies 
and Hours wise conduct with this humble desire to know 
wheather Inhabitance Solders are to doe duty or not or att least 
how mutch is to bee Required of them that so hereby further 



INDIAN TROUBLES AND MILITARY AFFAIRS 75 

desputs may be prevented. All which is the desire and prayer 
of your unworthy but very Humble & Dutifull Servent. 

Daniel Hills, Captain. 

"Dated at New Marblehead Aprill 4th, 1749." 

"Moreover in Sergt Thos Chutes & Companeys petition thay 
have declaired that I denyed to put any of the Inhabitance into 
pay & utterly excluded them unless they would enlist in West- 
ward Mens places, which utterly false ; because I first offered the 
Inhabitance to the number of :10: or 11 to bee Solders before 
I dismissed any of the Westward Solders, that I might know 
how many of them would accept of it, att which time I told them 
I should expect them to do duty as well as the Westward Solders. 
He also says that six families have lately moved into that town 
and thairby the town is strengthened or to that purpose which 
is not so for thair is but two famelyes more than was last year 
& one of them is a Solder under myself, the other :4 : are only 
men that came to work for awhile and i asked them if they 
designed to tarry ye summer and thair answer was no for thair 
famelyes are att Falmouth & Elsewhere, and should not stay 
any longer thair than thay could work without dainger and if 
they should hear that the enemy doe any Damage thay should be 
gone, for one of them have moved his fameley. 

D. Hills." 

"In the House of Representatives 
April 14, 1749. 

Read and ordered that the consideration of this Memorial be 
referred to the next sitting of the Court, and that the Commissary 
general be directed to detain in his office the next Muster-RoU 
of the Memorialist in the Meantime. 

"Sent up for Concurrence. 

Th. Hutchinson, Speaker. 
"In Council April 14, 1749. Read and Concurred. 

J. Willard. 

"In Council June 3, 1749. Consented to. 

W. Sherely." 



76 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

The following affidavit was sent as a part of Capt. Hills' de- 
fence : 

"Stephen Manchester of full age testifieth & saith that I was 
under the command of Capt. Daniel Hills & that about the last 
of Sept. A.D. 1748 that I went with sd Hills ten days march from 
Gorhamtown up to the head of Sebago Pond & so back into the 
woods which according to my Judgment was about eighty miles 
from the place where we first began our march & that there was 
no time spent in looking after lands for a Township but on the 
same day we landed our Whale boats wee returned directly home 
& Farther saith that the last Spring Capt. Hills & men have 
made it their constant practice to watch guard & scout round 
about the people of ]\Iarblehead Town. He further saith that 
there were six of the Inhabitants of ^larblehead in the pay of 
the Government under the command of Capt. Daniel Hills the 
Winter past, more of the Inhabitants had the offer made them by 
Capt. Hills to be put in pay but they would not except of it. 

Stephen Manchester. ' ' 

Massachusetts Archives Vol. 73, p. 35-4. 

At the same date, the said Stephen ^Manchester made oath 
to the above before Jabez Fox, Justice of the Peace. 

The following paper was also put in as evidence : 

"Falmouth March 18, 17-49. Captain Hills, On receiving 
this i desir youle as soon as possable keep your men dayly 
scouting back of the Inhabitance you have the care of to prevent 
thair being surprised by the Enemy for by what I can learn 
the prospect of piece is over and wee cant bee too upon our 
garde. If you have Western men enough for a small scout for 
Descovery without ye Inhabitance Solders, would have you 
leave them that thay may make what preperations they can to 
get their seed into the ground without which they cant well 
bring ye year about. I am Sir 

Your Humbl Servt 

Enoch Freeman. 

"a true Coppey attest pr me 

Daniel Hills Captn." 



INDIAN TROUBLES AND MILITARY AFFAIRS 77 

Massachusetts Archives, Vol. 73, p. 347. 

The foregoing papers show plainly the feeling which existed 
in the minds of the inhabitants of New Marblehead, not only 
against Capt. Hills, but also against the arrangement of the 
General Court, which placed an outside company in their gar- 
lison and a stranger in authority over them. According to the 
order of the Council, Capt. Hills' Muster-Rolls were retained 
and presented by the committee to whom this affair was com- 
mitted. 

"Muster Roll of Capt. Daniel Hills Company From March 
to December 1748 at New Marblehead. 

Officers 
Daniel Hills of Newbury, Captain. 
Samuel Gilbirt of (Hartley) ? Lieutenant. 
Gidding Downer of Newbury, Ensign. 
Benjamin Dane of Ipswich, Clerk. 
Paul Crocker of Lynn, Sergeant. 
Thomas Chute of New Marblehead, Sergeant. 
William Knights of Falmouth, Corporal. 
Simon Wheeler of Concord, Corporal. 
John Lull of Ipswich, Corporal. 

**Centinels" or Privates 
John Wite of New Marblehead, Richard Woodbury of Row- 
ley, Jonathan Willis of Topsfield, Benja Burnam of Ipswich, 
Jonathan Farrow of Concord, Samuel Stickney of Rowley, 
William Jones of Manchester, Samuel Majory of Salem, John 
Boy of Lynn (Nathan Breed), Nathl Rawford of Lynn, Jnoa 
Mansfield, Daniel Gilman of Salem, Jona Farrow Jr. of Concord, 
Joseph Kilham of Ipswich, William Lakeman of Ipswich, John 
Martin of Ipswich, Nathan Courser of Newbury, Richard Pea- 
body of Boxford, Levi Androus of Boxford, Benjamin Brown 
of Ipswich, Humphrey Pierce of Wenham, Nathl Kinble of 
Wenham, Samuel Goodridge of Wenham, Francis Knowlton of 
Wenham, Isaac Andrews of Wenham, Zor'ble Hunniwell of 
Falmouth, William Knights Jr. of Falmouth, Joseph Knights 
of Falmouth, John Farrow of New Marblehead, Thomas Bolton 
of New Marblehead, Samuel Webb of New Marblehead, Gershom 
Manchester of New Marblehead, Abraham Anderson of New 



78 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Marblehead, Stephen ^Manchester of New Marblehead, John 
Bodge of New Marblehead, John Farrow Jr. of New ]\Iarblehead, 
Curtis Chute of New Marblehead, Samson "Wheeler of Concord, 
James Melvin of Concord, Charles Shadrock of Beverly, Daniel 
Hills Jr. of Beverly, John Meservy of Salisbury, James Carr 
of Boston, Hugh Crage of New Marblehead, John Webb of New 
Marblehead, Seth Webb of New Marblehead, David Webb of 
New Marblehead, Sergt John Phinney of Gorham, Jacob Hamlen 
of Gorham, Clement Meservy of Gorham, Jeremiah Hodgdon of 
Gorham, Daniel Mosier of Gorham, Hugh ^McLallin of Gorham, 
Edward Phinney of Gorham, Clement Meservy Jr. of Gorham, 
John Phinney Jr. of Gorham, Wm. McLallin of Gorham, Tim- 
othy Collins Cloutman of Gorham, Aaron Hubbard of Topsfield, 
William Bolton of Ipswich," 

During the winter and spring of 1748-9, Capt. Hills con- 
tinued in command with his Company consisting mostly of 
"Westward," that is, Massachusetts men, with but six of the 
Inhabitants of New Marbleliead borne upon his roll. Several 
of his men, however, were absent and were allowed to employ 
inhabitants to fill their places. There was some trouble about 
the payment of these. Captain Hills probably refusing to sign 
vouchers, except for the regularly enlisted men. 

The following from the Council Records show how the mat- 
ter was adjusted : 

"In the House of Representatives Aug. 17, 1749. 

"Voted, that the Pay and Subsistence due to the five In- 
habitants of Gorham Town & New Marblehead, who did the 
duty of five Western men while absent from their duty, together 
with the other Inhabitants Soldiers born on Capt. Daniel Hills 
Muster Roll be paid to Capt. Moses Pierson to be by him equally 
distributed among the sd Inhabitants-soldiers according to the 
Order of this Court." 

Accordingly, this was done, and the troublesome incident was 
finally closed, — let us hope to the satisfaction of all parties con- 
cerned. 

Negotiations for a treaty of peace, which had been in prog- 
ress during the summer, resulted in a general conference of the 
commissioners of the several colonies with the Indians at Fal- 
mouth, October 14, 1749. The chiefs of the Penobscot, Nor- 



INDIAN TROUBLES AND MILITARY AFFAIRS 79 

ridgewock, and St. Francis tribes were the representatives of 
the Eastern Indians, and the leader was Toxus, Chief of the 
Penobscots. 

This treaty, which was signed Oct. 16, 1749, gave new courage 
to the settlers, and they began to venture out from the garrison 
and return to their former homes. Several new settlers came 
in at about this time, and some of those who had left at the 
beginning of the war returned. But the causes of trouble were 
not removed ; and, by winter, complications had arisen in many 
places on the frontier. 

In December a very serious quarrel occurred at Wiscasset 
between the English and the Indians, in which the English were 
plainly at fault; and in the affray one Indian was killed and 
two others were severely wounded. 

This unfortunate affair, happening so soon after the conclu- 
sion of the treaty, produced grave apprehensions that it might 
cause a renewal of hostilities, and the government took innnedi- 
ate action to conciliate the Indians. They caused three of the 
most guilty white men, Obadiah Albee, Richard and Benjamin 
Holbrook, to be taken into custody. They were brought to 
I'almouth and placed in the care of Go wen Wilson, but a mob of 
their sympathizers soon rescued them. The excitement was so 
high between the friends of good order and the disorderly ele- 
ment that a jury could not be found to condemn them; when, 
for their own safety, they surrendered themselves to Capt. Bean 
at the Truck House and were carried to York. The judges and 
the better classes condemned Albee as a murderer, but the jury, 
in the face of positive evidence, acquitted him. The Govern- 
ment then removed the others to Middlesex County for trial; 
but there is no record showing that their trial ever took place, 
and they were probably finally released. 

]\Iany grievances like this and the constant encroachments 
of the frontier English settlers, among whom were then to be 
found many lawless adventurers, served to enrage the Indians ; 
and, by midsummer 1750, all the Eastern tribes were ready for 
war, and the inhabitants were hurrying into their garrisons. 
As usual, they began their bloody work on the settlers to the 
eastward. By the middle of September, they made their appear- 
ance in the vicinity of Falmouth, and it was rumored that a 
large body from Canada had reinforced them. 



80 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Under date of Sept, 8, 1750, Parson Smith writes as follows : 

"There was an alarm in the night at the tower occasioned 
by an express from Richmond that an Indian had told them that 
m forty-eight hours the Indians would break upon us and that 
sixty Canada Indians were come to reinforce them. ' ' 

It was doubtless these Indians, who committed outrages at 
Wiscasset, Richmond, Maquoit and North Yarmouth, and, as 
before mentioned, captured Seth Webb at New Marblehead. 

This state of things continued until Aug. 3, 1751, when a 
treaty of peace was confirmed at St. Georges by some of the 
tribes, and a temporary cessation of hostilities followed. Con- 
ferences were also held in 1752 and 1753 with the Indians, who 
still continued in a very restless state. 

The advancing settlements of the white men were found to 
restrict that unbounded freedom with which they had hereto- 
fore roamed over the forests. The French, who claimed the 
Kennebec River as the western boundary of their province of 
Acadia, at once perceived this unrest and used every means in 
their power to increase it and give it a sure and fatal direction 
against the English. 

At the close of 1751, hostilities again commenced between 
the English settlers on one side, and the French and their 
Indian allies, on the other ; and in May, 1755, the savages 
attacked the inhabitants of New Boston (now Gray), North 
Yarmouth, and New Gloucester. 

The inhabitants of New Marblehead being in daily expecta- 
tion of an attack from a cruel and relentless foe, immediately 
took measures to put the settlement into as good condition for 
defence as possible. Finding that, on account of the increase 
in the population, the old Province Fort would not afford suffi- 
cient accommodation for all the families with any degree of com- 
fort, they proceeded to garrison several dwelling houses, by 
erecting and attaching to each a bullet-proof flanker, two stories 
high with a tier of port holes, and b.v surrounding each l)uilding 
with a stockade in the same manner as the fort. According to 
the report of a Proprietors' committee made on April 26, 1759, 
these garrisoned houses were Thomas ]\Iayberry 's, on Lot 19; 
William Mayberry 's, on Lot 26 ; John Farrow Jr. 's, on Lot 30 ; 
William Bolton's, on Lot 53; and Caleb Graffam's, on Lot 61. 



INDIAN TROUBLES AND MILITARY AFFAIRS 81 

The most important and best appointed of these outposts were 
Thomas ]\Iayberry 's, Bolton 's, and Graffam 's ; but all were made 
sufficiently strong to resist an attack from the savages. 

Although Indians were frequently seen lurking around the 
outskirts of the settlement, they did not molest the inhabitants 
until February, 1756, when they surprised and made a prisoner 
for the second time of Joseph Knights. He was at work near 
the Presumpscot River, on Lot No. 2, in the first division of 
hundred-acre lots. He was captured at a point about half way 
between the present Maine Central Railroad station at South 
Windham and the little village of Mallison Falls and was carried 
to Canada, where he remained until the next spring. During 
his former captivity he had learned the language and become 
familiar with the Indian mode of life, so he waited patiently 
for a chance to return to civilized life. 

He soon learned that a large war party was about to make 
a descent on the English settlements from Brunswick to Saco. 
Therefore, he resolved to escape and, if possible, warn the settlers 
of the impending danger. In the course of a few days, the 
warriors started on their blood-thirsty errand. Knights, having 
secured what food he possibly could and having given the 
Indians the advantage of several hours' start, took their trail 
and followed at a safe distance, yet near enough to watch their 
movements. Eager to begin their deadly work, the Indians 
traveled rapidly and, at length, came to a place on the westerly 
bank of the Androscoggin River, which Knights recognized as 
the one where he had encamped with the Indians on the night 
after his capture the winter before. Here they made a halt and 
held a consultation, while Knights, from his place of concealment 
in the thick Ijushes. watched every movement with keen interest. 
At length, to his great satisfaction, he saw them take their way 
down the river and disappear in the dense forest. 

He then left the trail and took his course, as nearly as he 
could .judge, in the direction of Falmouth, and, after a toilsome 
journey through the woods, he arrived nearly exhausted at one 
of the garrisons at North Yarmouth. He left the Indians on 
May 7, 1756. and on ^May 10th, his arrival at Falmouth (now 
Portland) was entered in Rev. Thomas Smith's Journal as fol- 
lows: 

"This morning we are alarmed with young Knights who 



82 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

escaped from the Indians three days ago and got to North Yar- 
mouth this morning, who brings news of one hundred and 
twenty Indians coming upon the frontier who are to spread 
themselves in small scouts from Brunswick." 

On the next day, May 11, Knights went with Capt. Smith 
and a company of soldiers from North Yarmouth and New 
Casco to the place where the Indians had left their packs in 
charge of three squaws who had accompanied the expedition. 
Finding the place deserted, they returned to Portland, where, 
on May 23, Rev. Mr. Smith writes in his Journal, "Had a con- 
tribution in favor of Jos. Knights." 

He returned to Windham soon after this, in time succeeded 
his father in the lumber business, and was accidentally drowned 
in Presumpscot River, Sept. 8, 1797. 

The last attack on the inhabitants of New i\Iarblehead was 
made by a band of Indians led by Polin, Chief of the Pesuiup- 
scots. 

Both history and tradition assert that he was a savage of 
more than ordinary talents and a most implacable enemy of the 
AA'hite settlers. He claimed all the land on both sides of the 
Presumpscot River, from Lake Sebago to tide water. He had, 
no doubt, been active in the former Avars, by which his tribe had 
met with many serious defeats and had, in consequence, become 
greatly reduced in numbers. 

As we have seen, he visited Governor Shirley as early as 
1739 to protest against further encroachments by the whites, 
but the interview was unsatisfactory, and he came away morti- 
fied and enraged ; and he swore never to make peace with the 
hated white men until his demands were complied with. But 
with true Indian stoicism, he waited for a favorable opportunity 
to strike what he intended should be a fatal blow. 

Several years passed by, and, at length, he determined to wait 
no longer for his long-delayed vengeance; so he selected a band 
of his bravest warriors (tradition says at the present White's 
Bridge) and came down the Presumpscot River to a convenient 
landing place in the vicinity of the settlement of New Marble- 
head. Here they secreted their canoes, after which they pro- 
ceeded to scout around the neighborhood. Former visits had 
made Polin familiar with the habits of the settlers, and he had 
to exercise the utmost caution in his attempt to accomplish his 



INDIAN TROUBLES AND MILITARY AFFAIRS 83 

fell design. He was well aware that the garrisons were strong 
ones, well provided with the munitions of war, and held by men 
of resolute courage, who would defend themselves to the bitter 
end ; hence, a general attack on the settlement would be likely 
to end in his total defeat and perhaps the destruction of his 
entire band of warriors. With his usual sagacity, he had 
chosen the time for his expedition in the spring, knowing that 
the settlers were compelled to cultivate their farms in order to 
support themselves and their dependent families ; and now, 
with his band concealed at a safe distance, yet near enough to 
watch every movement of the inhabitants, he lay in wait to 
attack any who should be found outside the forts. 

At this time, Ezra Brown owned Lot No. 21 in the first 
division of hundred-acre lots, which was distant about one 
mile in an easterly direction from the Province Fort. On this 
lot Mr. Brown had a field of several acres cleared and ready for 
planting, and having secured the services of Ephraim Winship, 
a fellow settler, on May 14, 1756, he left the fort for the pur- 
pose of planting. In the absence of any wheeled vehicle in the 
settlement, they were compelled to yoke their oxen to a sled, 
en which was placed their seed and rude farming tools, and 
they proceeded slowly towards their destination. They were 
accompanied by a guard of eight men, all heavily armed. The 
guard consisted of Stephen ^lanchester, Abraham Anderson, 
Joseph Starling, John Farrow, Timothy Cloutman, Gershom 
AYinship, Stephen Tripp, and Thomas ^Manchester, the four last 
named being but little more than boys. 

On arriving near the field, Brown and Winship hastened 
ahead of the main body; and, having laid down their guns, 
they were in the act of removing the bars, when they were fired 
upon b.v a part.v of Indians, who were concealed in the thick 
woods that bordered the field. 

Mr. Brown was instantly killed, being shot directly through 
the heart. Winship received a bullet through his left arm, and 
another destroyed the sight of one eye. As he fell senseless to 
the ground, the savages, supposing both to be dead, rushed from 
their ambush and secured their scalps, taking two from the 
head of Winship. 

On hearing the report of the guns, four of the guards, 
Joseph Starling, John Farrow. Stephen Tripp, and Thomas 



84 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Manchester, became frightened and ran back to the fort at their 
best speed. The fighting blood of the remaining four was fully 
aroused, and, after a short consultation, they resolved to pursue 
the savages and avenge their fallen comrades or perish in the 
attempt. The names of these four brave men were Abraham 
Anderson, Stephen Manchester, Gershom Winship, and Timothy 
Cloutman. 

Accordingly, this little band of sturdy men, cheered by An- 
derson, who called out with a loud voice. "Follow on my lads," 
gallantly pressed on in pursuit. They passed through the bars 
rear which still lay the bodies of Brown and Winship, turned 
to the right towards the banks of a little brook ; thence through 
a narrow valley to the high ground, where they overtook the 
Indians. The savages immediately took shelter behind trees; 
the whites did the same. 

Polin, who had previously shot Brown, was the first to begin 
the bloody fray. From his covert behind a large beech tree, 
he discharged his musket at Mr. Anderson, but without effect. 
"While attempting to reload in haste, he exposed his person to 
Stephen Manchester, who stood about thirty feet on Anderson's 
right, waiting to fulfil a threat he had made several months 
before, to kill Polin on sight. He instantly leveled his musket, 
took a quick aim, pulled the trigger, and Polin, the most deadly 
and uncompromising enemy the white settlers in this vicinity 
ever had, fell to the ground, a mangled corpse. 

The Indians at once gathered around their fallen chieftain 
and made the air resound with yells of rage, to which the settlers 
responded with a general discharge of musketry, by which two 
more of the savages were either killed or mortally wounded. 
This was too much for their stoicism to bear, and they fled from 
the fatal field, carrying with them their dead chief and wounded 
companions, and leaving behind "five packs, a bow, a bunch of 
arrows and several other things." 

It is probable that, by a circuitous route, they regained their 
canoes somewhere on the Presumpscot River, up which they 
paddled to the foot of Lake Sebago, where, tradition says, they 
landed and buried the dead chieftain beneath the roots of a 
beech tree. 

The alarm of the conflict being given at the fort, a party 
of armed men from the upper garrison house (Mayberry's) 
immediately started in pursuit of the enemy. At a place called 



INDIAN TROUBLES AND MILITARY AFFAIRS 85 

the "]Meadows, " on the easterly side of Canada Hill, they dis- 
covered an Indian carrying a quarter of beef upon his shoulder. 
Several shots were fired at him without effect, but, at length, 
Seth Webb, who was said to be a famous marksman, fired and 
brought him to the ground. He, however, arose, relieved him- 
self of his burden, and made his escape, but died of his wounds 
the following night. Tradition says that his body was found, 
a few days later, by one of the settlers and was buried on the 
banks of a brook near the Westbrook line. We give the fore- 
going tradition for what it is worth, and will only say that, in 
the writer's boyhood, there was a well-defined grave existing 
at the locality mentioned; and old men then said it was the 
burial place of the Indian shot by Seth Webb, on that memorable 
14th day of May, 1756. 

Contrary to all expectations, Mr. Winship recovered from 
his terrible wounds, and lived about ten years afterwards. He 
died on the farm which he had redeemed from the wilderness, on 
June 4, 1766, aged 55 years, and his remains are interred in the 
old Smith Burial Ground at South Windham. No headstone 
marks the spot where this old pioneer sleeps his last sleep. 

The death of Chief Polin put an end to all further trouble 
with the Indians in this vicinity. They never again attempted 
to disturb the whites in their occupancy of the land, and the 
inhabitants were at liberty to leave the strongholds and return 
to their long deserted homesteads. 

According to the report of 1759, made by the Proprietors' 
committee, they found most of their former dwellings "Rotten 
down," yet, with that sublime courage which had sustained 
them under so many difficulties and dangers, they at once set 
themselves to work restoring the places laid waste by savage 
cruelty. Several new men came here with their families and 
purchased land, which they at once began to clear ; and, in a short 
time, instead of the savage war whoop, the ring of the woodman's 
axe was heard throughout the surrounding forest, and the rude 
log huts that had sheltered the first settlers gave place to com- 
fortable frame dwellings. 

As the population increased, more land was put under cul- 
tivation each year, the roads were improved, and the bridges 
over the streams were rebuilt in a permanent manner, schools 
were established, and a season of peace and prosperity ensued, 
which continued until the Revolutionary War. 



CHAPTER IV 

Ecclesiastical 

Among the conditions imposed by the Great and General 
Court in the grant of New Marblehead, was that the Proprietors 
should "settle a learned Orthodox minister within five years 
from their admission." 

As we have seen, the Proprietors erected an apology for a 
meetinghouse and then began to look around for a minister to 
settle in the township and preach to the few inhabitants located 
there. This they found no easy task to accomplish, and several 
years elapsed before they were able to fulfil this important con- 
dition of the grant. 

In the meantime, however, the settlers were not altogether 
destitute of religious teaching, as we find the following entry 
in the Proprietors' records: 

"Oct. 5, 1741. At a meeting of the Comtee Agreed that 
Mr. Nicholas Hodge shall be allowed and paid out of the Pro^ 
prietors' Treasury forty five Shills per Sabbath for Every 
Sabbath the said Hodge shall preach to the Inhabitants of the 
Township until the next annual meeting of ye Propers to him 
or his Order Every quarter of a year, or oftener if he shall 
Chuse it. Entered per Order of the Comtee. per William 
Goodwin Clerk." 

Nicholas Hodge was born in Newbury, Mass., in 1719 and 
graduated at Harvard College, in 1739, In 1737, he taught 
school on Falmouth Neck for a short time ; and. in 1739, he was 
engaged to preach for three years. At this time he was study- 
ing divinity with the Rev. Thomas Smith, for whom he preached 
occasionally. He was probably the first one to preach in the 
Township. How long he continued his ministrations here we 
have no means of knowing, but evidently not long. He died in 
1743, at the early age of 24 years. Had he lived to finish his 
studies, he would probably have been settled here as pastor of 
the church. 



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On June 5. 1740, at a Proprietors' meeting, it was 

"Voted, that there shall be allowed and paid out of the Pro- 
prietors' Treasury to such a suitable person as shall be by the 
Comtee procured to Preach the word of God to the Inhabitants 
of the Township at Such Rate as the Comtee shall agree for per 
Sabbath for Every Sabbath he shall perform that service, to be 
paid at the end of every quarter of a year by order of the 
Comtee for the time being, untill it shall be otherwise ordered 
by the Proprietors at a Regular Meeting." 

On Apr. 16, 1741, it was 

"Voted, that the present Comtee (with William Goodwin 
added to them) are hereby appointed to prosecute and Effect 
the former vote Relating to the procuring of some suitable per- 
son to preach the word of God to the Inhabitants of the Town- 
ship, and putting house in a suitable condition for said purpose, 
according to said vote of the Proprietors at their meeting on 
June ye 5, 1740." 

It does not appear that any action whatever was taken to 
carry the above votes into effect, and we hear nothing further 
ill regard to the matter until nearly a year later, at a Proprietors' 
meeting held Mar. 3, 1742, when the question of settling a 
minister came up, and the old records contain the following 
entry : 

"After some Debate Relating to the Settlement of an Ortho- 
dox Minister, it was put to vote whether there shall be one 
settled as soon as may be, and w^as passed in the affirmative." 
Also it was voted "that the said settled Minister shall have the 
sum of forty five pounds out of the Proprietors' Treasury paid 
him for his settlement." It was further voted, "that the sum 
of thirty pounds be allowed and paid out of the Proprietors' 
Treasury for the support of the said Minister from the time of 
his settlement until the said Township's Inhabitants shall be 
incorporated into a Town, with all the Rights and privileges 
of other Towns, According to Law ; Provided the said Minister 
Shall Oblige himself under his hand and seal to accept Ordina- 
tion when called thereto, and continue at said Township and 
Perform his Pastoral Office there until Death or Orderly Dis- 
missed. 



88 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

"Voted, that the present Comtee, Viz. James Skinner, Esq., 
Capt. Nathan Bowen and Mr. Jonathan Proctor, shall and 
Itereby are fully Impowered in the name and behalf of the 
Proprietors to treat with Mr. John Wight (who lately preached 
at said Township), and Contract with him according to the 
foregoing votes, and upon his refusal to Treat with some other 
Suitable Person and present him to the Proprietors for their 
acceptance. ' ' 

During the year, 1742, Mr. Wight preached twenty-nine Sab- 
baths at New Marblehead to the entire satisfaction of the people ; 
and, in accordance with the above votes, the committee gave him 
a formal call to become their pastor. He accepted the invita- 
tion, on Mar. 5, 1743, and immediately returned his answer in 
the following letter to the committee: 

"Gentlemen. I have considered the votes of the proprietors 
relating to my settlement in the ministry at New Marblehead 
(which I suppose are founded on the desires of the Inhabitants 
and interest of the Proprietors), as maturely as I am able in 
so short a time, and in answer thereto I hereby signify to you 
Gentlemen, That I am willing to settle in the Ministry there 
upon Suitable Conditions ; and as your votes mention my giving 
under my hand and seal That I will take upon me Ordination 
and continue in said Township and perform the Pastoral Office 
till Death, or I shall be orderly dismissed. Gentlemen, In 
answ^er to which I say, that I shall be willing to be ordained 
as soon as a church can be gathered there, and if you will please 
to give assurance that your late vote shall be esteemed a call 
to settle there in the Ministry, so far as to entitle me (upon my 
acceptance of it), to the settlement you have voted or may 
vote ; and to the Lands Granted to the first Settled Minister, and 
will take some effectual care that I have my Sallery Continued 
after the Inhabitants and Settlers in said Township shall be 
incorporated into a Town, and in the meantime give me some 
further reasonable help and assistance in settling and add (if 
jou think fitt) so much to my Sallery as to enable me to live 
comfortably on, which (I trust you will think) can't be less 
than to make it equal with that I had when I went as a transient 
Preacher there ; I shall upon these conditions be willing to oblige 
myself under hand and seal, to take upon me ordination and 



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settle in the Gospel Ministry there for life Agreeable to the 
Good Laws of the Province in that ease made and Provided. 
And you may take this as an affirmative answer, wishing all 
Happiness Spiritual and Temporal, to you Gentlemen Pro- 
prietors and to the Settlers at New Marblehead. and asking 
your prayers for me that I may be made the happy Instrument 
of promoting the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, I remain 
Gentlemen your Obliged and humble Servant, 

John Wight. 

Dedham, Mareh 25, 1743." 

"A true Coppy, entered on the Records per order of Com- 
mittee. Attest, 

Wm. Goodwin Clerk." 

On the next day, the following contract was made and duly 
entered on the Proprietors' Book of Records: 

"This Indenture made and agreed upon By and betwixt 
John Wight of Dedham in the County of Suffolk, Gentleman, 
cm the One Part, and the Proprietors and Grantees of the Tract 
of Land Granted for a Township, to sixty of the Inhabitants 
of Marblehead, laid out on the Back of the Towns of Falmouth 
and North Yarmouth in the County of York, By James Skin- 
ner Esq.. Nathan Bowen, Gentn and Jonathan Proctor, shore- 
man, all of Marblehead aforesd a Comtee of the sd Proprietors 
and agents for them in this Behalf on the other part, Witnesseth, 
That the sd John Wight in Consideration of the Covenants and 
payments hereinafter Mentioned on the part of the proprietors 
to be performed and Done, Doth Covenant, Grant and Agree to 
and with the sd Proprietors & to their Successors in ^Manner 
following. That is to say. That he the said John Wight shall 
and will within foi-ty days from the date of these Presents 
Repair to the sd Grantee's Township and enter on the work 
of the JNIinisti-y to the Inhabitants there, & shall within two 
months afterwards .(if desired), Receive Ordination to the 
Pastoral care of that People according to the usage of the 
Churches of this Province, and shall Continue in tlint Office 
until he be Oi'dcrly Dismissed therefrom. And the said Pro- 
prietors of the Towiishi[) aforesd by the sd James Skinner, 
Nathan Bowen and Jonathan Proctor, a Comtee and their 



[)() WINDHAM IX THE PAST 

Agents in this liehalf fully Inipovvered as above Expressed. Do 
hereby Covenant, Promise and Grant to and with the sd John 
Wight, his Heirs, Executors and Adniintrs the full just sum of 
forty five pounds Lawfull Money of this Province Granted by 
the said Proprietors for his settlement in the Ministry there. 
Viz: fifteen pounds thereof on the said John's Entry on sd 
work, fifteen pounds more thereof in three months after that 
and the Residue in three months afterwards. And further, 
that they will pay oi- Cause to be paid to the sd John Wight or 
his Order at and after the rate of Thirty pounds like money per 
annum, yearly and every year that he shall Continue & be in 
the Exercise of his sd Pastoral Office there, until the Inhabitants 
of that part shall be Incorporated with the powers & pi'ivilegs 
of a Distinct Town. The yearly payment to begin and be ac- 
counted from the day of the Date hereof. And further, the 
said Proprietors shall and will use all proper means that the 
sd yearly allowance shall be further made and Continued to 
the sd John by the Inhabitants of the sd Town after their In- 
corporation as aforesd. In Witness whereof the sd John Wight 
and the Proprietors aforesd by the sd James Skinner, Nathan 
Bowen and Jonathan Proctor as Committee and Agents as 
aforesd have hereunto set their hands and seals the twenty sixth 
Day of March in the sixteenth of his ^lajesty's reign Amo 
Domini 1743. 

John Weight & [S.] 

"Signed. Sealed & Ded in the presence of us. 

Benj. Henley, 

WiLLM Goodwin. Proprs Clerk." 

"A time Coppy, entered per order of the Comtee. 

Attest WiLLM Goodwin. Clerk." 

Apparently Mr. Wight lost no time in repairing to his wilder- 
ness parish and commencing what proved to be his life work. 
Neither were the Proprietors backward in performing their part 
of the contract, as we find that, on the 28th of March, 1743, Mr. 
Wight was paid ten pounds, and. Aug. 18th of the same year, 
he received of the committee fifty pounds in old tenor, bills of 
credit. For these pajinents he gave receipts, which were duly 
entered on the Proprietors' Records. 



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At a Proprietors' meeting, held Sept. 1, 1743, it was 

"Voted, that the sum of seven pounds ten shillings of the 
last Emission be paid out of the Treasuery to be Expended in 
Ordination of Mr. John Wight." Also "Voted that the sd 
seven pounds ten shillings be paid to Mr. John Wight to be laid 
out at his Discretion for his Ordination." 

On December 11, 1743, a church consisting of seven members 
was organized, and Mr. Wight was ordained pastor. We have 
no detailed account of the affair. Rev. Thomas Smith in his 
"Journal." under date of Dec. 14, 1743, says, "Mr. Wight 
ordained. ' ' The records of the church in Falmouth tell us that 
Mr. Smith and Deacons Henry Wheeler and Samuel Cobb were 
I)resent as delegates, and possibly there were others from the 
churches to the westward. 

As Mr. Wight was the first settled minister of New Marble- 
head, perhaps a brief sketch of the man may not be out of place 
here. 

Rev. John Wight, the son of Daniel and Anna (Dewing) 
Wight, was born in Dedham, Mass., April 22, 1699. He grad- 
uated at Harvard College in 1721. became a teacher in the 
schools of his native town, and probably studied divinity with 
some local minister, as was the custom of the times. In 1728, 
he is mentioned as one of the subscribers to a history written 
by Thomas Prince and is referred to as "of Bristol, Mass.," 
where he was then probably preaching. On July 3, 1728, he 
was married to Mary Pond, daugther of Mr. Jabez and Mary 
''Gay) Pond of Dedham. They lived for several years in 
Bristol, where their children, John, Anna, Daniel for Benjamin), 
and Mary were born. His wife died in Bristol. June 19, 1735, 
and he married Mrs. Deliverance Carpenter of Rehoboth, in 1737. 
They had two children bom in Bristol, both of whom died there, 
in July, 1740. Their son, Eli.jah, was bom in Dedham, Aug. 5, 
1742, and died in New Marblehead. Oct. 24, 1744, aged 2 years, 
2 months, and 19 days. He was the first person interred in the 
old Smith Burial Ground at South Windham. Their other 
children were Eunice, bom Apr. 28, 1747. and Benjamin, born 
Mar. 15. 1753. both bom in New Marblehead. As the first 
settled minister, Mr. Wight owned Home Lot No. 34. and ac- 
quired by purchase the adjoining lot. No. 35, which was drawn 



02 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

to Nathaniel Cogswell, one of the original grantees. He built 
his house on this lot, nearly opposite the Province Fort, and lived 
there until compelled by the Indian wars to take refuge with 
the other settlers in the fort. 

At its organization, the following covenant was adopted and 
signed by the members of the new church : 

"Whereas we the Subscribers have by the assistance of the 
proprietors of this Township an House built for the regular 
worship and ordinances of God, and have had our hearts in- 
clined to Combine ourselves into a Church State and relation 
to God and one another ; and after humble confession of our 
manifold sins, and supplication for pardoning mercy thro' the 
blood of the everlasting covenant, and the adoration of the 
boundless, rich and free grace of God which triumphs over our 
unworthiness ; and such of us as were members in full com- 
munion with other Churches do Solemnly and explicitly enter 
into covenant with God and one another in the manner follow- 
ing. 

"1st. Having perused the confession of faith set forth by 
the synod of the Churches held at Boston in New England, we 
do close with it, as to the substance of it, and promise to stand 
by it and maintain it ; and if need be, contend for the faith 
therein delivered to the people of God, And if any among us 
shall go about to undermine we will bear due testimony 
against it. 

' * 2d. We give up ourselves to God the Father, Son and Holy 
Ghost, and the only living and true God, avouching him this day 
to be our God and Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ as our 
Prophet, Priest and King, to bring us to eternal Salvation, 
Promising by the assistance of the Holy Spirit to cleave to this 
God and Mediator now and forever as his covenant, professing 
to observe the ordinances of Jesus Christ together in an holy 
society, and communion in the faith and order of the gospel 
of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 

"3d. We give ourselves to one another in the Lord, Sol- 
emnly binding ourselves to walk together in the ways of God's 
worship, and to cleave to his ordinances according to the rules 
of his holy word. 



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"4th. We give up our children to be the Lord's promising 
by the assistance of Divine grace to do our utmost to bring them 
up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 

"5th. We do promise to submit ourselves to the government 
of Christ in his Church, according to his institution : Viz : to 
the ministerial teaching and guidance of the Elder or Eleders 
of this Church, and in brotherly love to watch over one another 
in godly, sober and religious life, to the keeping consciences void 
of offence towards God and man. 

"6. We do also promise and solmenly engage, by all means 
to study and promote the peace of this Church, and maintain 
the purity of the worship of God therein. This we do praying 
the Great Shepherd of his would prepare and strengthen us unto 
every good work, and vouchsafe his blessing on this his heri- 
tage; Amen. 

"John Wight. 
Thomas Bolton, 
Thomas Chute, 
John Farrow, 
Thomas Haskell, 
Samuel Elder, 
Abraham Anderson. 

New Marblehead 
Nov. 14, 1743." 

Having been duly organized, according to the ancient laws 
and usages of the Province, as an Orthodox Congregational 
Church, the members met for the first time, on November 27, 
1743, for the transaction of business. The following is a record 
of that meeting: 

"After Solemn prayer for direction and assistance. It was 
proposed to the brethren to consider what steps may be proper 
to be taken in order to furnish the communion table with vessels, 
and after some consideration thereof 

"Voted, that the Church borrow vessels if they can 'till they 
can either procure them themselves or interceed with some of 
the Proprietors of this Township, generously, to bestow some on 
this Church. 



94 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

"It was then proposed when it might be proper to have the 
ordinance of the Lord's supper administered here for the first 
time. 

''Voted, that the sacrament be administered the next Sab- 
bath for the first time (God willing) It being the first day of 
the year. 

"It was proposed how often the sacrament should be ad- 
ministered here, 

"Voted, that it be administered once in six weeks if the 
Elements can be procured. 

"It was further proposed and considered what each com- 
municant should contribute in order to prepare the Elements 
for the communion for the first time the Lord's supper shall be 
administered here and so from time to time 'till the matter be 
considered before the brethren of this Church ; and after some 
deliberation, 

"Voted, that there shall be contributed five shillings by each 
of the brethren the first time the Lord's supper is administered, 
and one shilling afterwards by each communicant at every time 
the Lord's supper is administered till the afl'air be further 
settled before the brethren of this Church. 

"It was further considered whether the Brethren would 
choose one of their number to prepare the Elements for the 
communion at the sacrament ; and to take care of the money that 
shall be contributed from time to time for that purpose 'till 
another of the brethren be chosen for that purpose. 

"Voted, that brother Thomas Chute be chosen for that ser- 
vice; 

"After prayer the meeting was dismissed." 

This is all we know in regard to that first church meeting; 
yet, in imagination, we can see that little band of devoted 
Christian believers, as they met together on that December day 
to regulate the affairs of the infant church. If ever a body of 
men met under adverse circumstances, it was these. They were 
surrounded on all sides by a dense wilderness, relieved only by 
a few gashes made by the woodman's axe, with here and there 
a log house of the most humble description. Beyond these few 



ECCLESIASTICAL 95 

marks of civilization stretched the interminable forest, lorded 
over by savage beasts and still more savage men. Their place 
of worship Avas a mere shell, rude and comfortless in the ex- 
treme ; while, to render the outlook still more gloomy, an Indian 
war with all its attendant horrors was liable to break out at any 
moment. Yet, amid all the difficulties and dangers that beset 
their pathway, they laid broad and deep the foundation of a 
church that has existed until the present time. 

"When the Indian war of 1745 came, Mr. Wight accompanied 
his little flock to the old Province Fort and remained with them 
until his death, which took place May 8, 1753. 

From the church book we learn that, between the years 174-1 
and 1756, the following persons were admitted to full com- 
munion in the church here: 

"Feb. 19, 1744, Lois Graffam, wife of Caleb Graffam. 

Oct. 7, 1744. Mary ^Manchester, the wife of Stephen Man- 
chester. 

Mar. 3, 1745, Abigail Farrow, the wife of John Farrow. 

Feb. 14, 1748, Edmond Phinney of Gorhamtown. 

Dec. 23, 1750. Dorothy AVebb, the wife of David Webb. 

Mar. 29, 1752. Samuel and Ruth Peabody. 

Nov. 11, 1752, Bethia. the wife of Thomas Mayberry. 

Nov. 11, 1752, Rachel Haskell and Sarah Haskell, daughters 
of Thomas Haskell. 

Mar. 30, 1756, Micah Walker. Curtis Chute, and Seth Webb. 

Nov. 30. 1756, John Farrow, Jun. " 

Between 1746 and 1756 the following persons owned the 
church covenant: 

"Mar. 17, 1746. Bethia. the wife of Thomas Alayberry. 

May 11. 1746. Samuel Conant. 

Feb. 24. 1750, AVilliam and Mary Elder. 

Feb. 24, 1750. Ezra and Mary Brown. 

Mar. 11. 1753. AVilliam Haskell. 

Mar. 18, 1753. Benjamin Brawn (an adult person and bap- 
tized the same day.) 

Mar. 30, 1756, Samuel and Elizabeth Alathews." 

Those Who Owned the Co\tenant for Baptism 
"Mar. 30. 1756, John Manchester. 
Mar. 21. 1762. Robert Millions and wife. 



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Mar. 21, 1762, Isaac and Mary Elder. 

Mar. 21, 1762, Mary Manchester, wife to Stephen Manchester. 

July 18, 1762, Thomas and Mary Trott." 

''Dismissions from this Church to Others" 

"Dec. 23, 1750. Voted, that Edmond Finney, sometime 
since admitted to full communion in this Church, be dismissed 
therefrom to be joined with (or embodied with) a Church 
speedily to be gathered at a plantation called Gorhamtown near 
to us. Near the close of the public service the foregoing vote 
was past." 

The death of Mr. Wight was a great misfortune, not only to 
the feeble church but to the entire community, and his loss was 
keenly felt. For nearly ten years he had been their spiritual 
guide and was closely identified with the interests of the settle- 
ment. He had suffered with them the privations and dangers 
incident to the Indian wars; had consecrated their children in 
baptism, and had united in marriage the few who had the cour- 
age to enter the holy state during that perilous period of the 
town's history. He had hallowed the last sad rites of their 
departed friends, and, with words of loving sympathy, had 
sought to comfort them in their affliction. In short, he was a 
true Christian gentleman, and in his intercourse with his people, 
in the language of the poet, ' ' He lured to brighter worlds and led 
the way." No wonder then that, discouraged and disheartened 
by their great loss, the people here felt unable to assume the 
settlement of another minister, even if one could be found will- 
ing to accept the pastoral care of the church. So several years 
passed by before they were able to settle their second minister. 

However, it is probable that they were not entirely destitute 
of religious instruction, as we learn from the church book that, 
between June 9, 1755, and July 18, 1762, the Rev. Thomas 
Smith of Portland came here on several occasions, held services, 
and baptized seventeen children and one adult. Also his son, 
Peter T. Smith, while pursuing the study of divinity, at differ- 
ent times preached to the people here. 

In the mean time, they had applied to the Proprietors in 
Marblehead for assistance in settling a minister, but receiving 
no encouragement from them, the inhabitants determined to 



ECCLESIASTICAL 97 

appeal to the General Court for relief. This they accordingly 
did in the following terms : 

"Province of Massachusetts Bay. To His Honor Spencer 
Phipps Esq., Lieut. Governor and Commander-in Chief in and 
of our said Province, the Honble the Council and House of Rep- 
resentatives in Genl Court assembled. May 29, 1756. 

"The Petition of the Inhabitants of New iMarblehead so 
called in the County of York. 

"Humbly Sheweth, That sd Inhabitants have all along since 
their first settling, Labored under great difficulties in support- 
ing the ministry among them, having themselves during the life 
of their Late Pastor Revd Mr. John Wight deceased, been at 
one half the expense of his support notwithstanding it being 
a Wilderness Place, and under every Disadvantage almost im- 
aginable. But since the Decease of said Minister the difficulties 
have been greater than before having had no assistance at all 
from the Proprietors, by what means they have been a great 
part of the time without any Preaching at all and when they 
at any time have had any it has been intirely at their own cost 
and Charge wh, by reason of their small number has amounted 
to twenty Pounds Old Tenor each settler for six months, nor 
bad your petitioners ever any proper place to meet in to attend 
the public worship and now none at all, altho they have peti- 
tioned the Proprs to build a Fleeting-House and to settle a min- 
ister and have as often been refused ; and in case your Petirs 
can't have Redress in the matter they must be obliged to live 
like Heathen without the Gospell or quit the Place. Whereas 
the Proprs of Narragansett No. 7, alias Gorhamtown, (which 
lies contiguous with New IMarblehead) have all along at their 
own cost & charge built and maintained a proper place for the 
Publick Worship, settled and supported a ^Minister and cleared 
Roads intirely at their ow^n expense amounting to 10 pounds 
Old Tenor annually to each Right, and the whole Taxes on New 
IMarblehead. has never since the settlement thereof (which is 
about 15 years) amounted to Sixty Pounds Old Tenor, on each 
Right altho said Rights are twice as bigg as the Gorhamtown 
Rights. The Settlers in Gorhamtown are in no case in any 
better circumstances than your Petitioners saving the Proprs 
supporting the Minister and paying all the Taxes whereby they 



98 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

have flourished and increased to near three times in number to 
yr Petitioners, who, as their first Minister drew the Proprs 
Right through the Town, have nothing to encourage a second 
and are continually decreasing in Number and must finally 
brake up. Your Petitioners imagine that their Settling in the 
Township and cultivating the Land has greatly inhansed the 
Value of the whole and thereby been of great service to the 
Proprietors in General, and they are willing now to exert them- 
selves to the utmost to maintain & support the Interest of the 
Place, and altho they have all along got Bread in Jeopardy of 
their Lives, and frequently suffered Wounds Captivity and 
Death from the Indian Enemy yet would tarry and venture 
their Lives cheerfully in Case the Proprietors would Settle a 
Minister among them & defray the publick charges, but they 
are deaf to all intreaties. Wherefore your Petitioners are 
Obliged to resort to this Honble Court for Redress Humbly 
prajdng your Honours would please to Order the Proprietors to 
Settle and Support a Minister among them and defray the pub- 
lick Charges as is Customary in Other Proprieties & your Peti- 
tioners as in Duty bound will ever pray. 

"Richard Mayberry, William Meayberry, 

John farrow, Thomas Meayberry, 

John farrow Jr., John Bodge, 

Stephen ^Manchester, Samuel Mathes, 

Joseph Starling, John Manchester, 

William Elder William Maxfield, 

Abraham Anderson, Curtis Chute, 

Hugh Crague, Gershom Winship, 
William Bolton." 

Massachusetts Archives, Vol. 117, page 147. 

This petition was presented in the House of Representatives, 
October 12. 1756, probably by John "Meayberry" and Caleb 
Graffam, and the Council took action, on Oct. 26th of the same 
year. The Petitioners were ordered to serve the Proprietors at 
^Marblehead and elsewhere with a copy of the petition. 

Further action was deferred until the defence of the Pro- 
prietors was received, June 14, 1757; and this is the answer of 
the Proprietors: 



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"Province of the Massachusetts Bay, 

"To the Hoiible His Majestie's Council and House of Rep- 
resentatives of said Province April ye 8th, 1757. 

"The Petition of the Grantees or Proprietors of the Town- 
tihip commonly called New ]\Iarblehead in the County of York, 
in answer to the Petition of Sundry of the Inhabitants of said 
Township Dated May 25, 1756. 

"Humbly Sheweth, That the complaint of sd Inhabitants in 
fd Petition is false and without cause. For that sd Inhabitants 
(as such) were never charged with nor Demanded of, any part 
of the Charge toward the support or payment of any ^Minister 
employed or settled among them from the first to the death of 
the Eev. Mr. Wight. But the whole charge Respecting anything 
Relating to sd Township was wholly laid on your Respondents, 
as Grantees or Proprietors, which sd Inhabitants "Greatfully 
acknowledged" (as they said) in a Petition to your Respondents 
Dated 13 of March 1756 & signed by twenty-three of sd Inhabit- 
ants, (some of which were Grantees). And as to their com- 
plaint of their small numbers. It is wholly their own fault for 
several of them are under obligation to several of the Grantees 
to settle and fulfill the Condition of the Grant of this Honble 
Court, and have not only obliged themselves to settle one Right 
each, but have undertaken to settle some two and some three, 
and not having settled a family on each Right according to their 
obligation, is the cause of the small numbers they complain of. 
As to their complaint that they never had any publick place to 
meet in, to attend the Publick worship, and now none at all ; 
Your Respondents (as Grantees and Proprs) in Compliance to 
the Conditions of their Grant did in the year 171:0 Erect a suit- 
able Meeting-House there, fitted for a further conveniency for 
more Inhabitants if need required. But after tlie War Broke 
out with the French and Indians, This Honble Court was 
pleased to send a Committee to sd Township and at the Charge 
of the Province did erect a Fort or Block-House for the security 
and Defence of the Inhabitants there, which sd Committee was 
pleased to build so near the sd Meeting-House (which was built 
of Hewn Timber fit for defence) That the said Inhabitants were 
apprehensive of Danger therefrom in case the Enemy should 
get Possession thereof and improve it as a fort for them to the 



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annoyance of the Block-House (built by yr Hours) On which 
occasion the Revd Mr, Wight now deceased, wrote to the Comtce 
of your Respondents Desiring Liberty to pull down said Mcet- 
ing-IIouse and improve the Timber and other ^Materials for the 
Enlargement of the said Fort or l>lock-IIousc, and other Con- 
veniences for the use of the Inhabitants, Promising that they 
would build another ]\leeting-IIouse in case of want thereof at 
their own charge; And accordingly the said House was taken 
down by the settlers before the Grantees or Proprs could be 
assembled to act thereon; Whereby your Respondents acted 
nothing Relating to their Request or Desire & by this means 
only are they without a proper place to meet in as they com- 
plain. Notwithstanding your Respondents ai-e always willing 
to bear their proportionable Charge in Calling. Settling and 
Supporting a suitable Person to preach the Gospel among them 
Provided they as Inhabitants will agree with and Oblige them- 
selves to pay said Person. We the Nonresidents paying our part 
with them according to Our Several Interests, so far as is or 
shall be appropriated and laid out in particular by Butts and 
Bounds (although not improved) after the usual custom of 
Poles are Rated according to law. But we are not willing to 
pay any thing for our Right in the Common and Undivided 
Land, for that the Inhabitants have the whole benefit of it as 
also of the appropriated Land not fenced nor improved, belong- 
ing to the Nonresidents which we humbly leave to your Hours 
Judgment and Direction. Your Respondents further Humbly 
Petition this Honble Court That you would be pleased to In- 
form yourselves of the Present Condition of the Settlement 
made on Said Township. Agreeable to the Conditions of the 
Grant made by this Honble Court, and Confirm the said Grant 
to the Original Grantees and their Lawfull Representatives 
accordingly. And that your Hours would be pleased to incor- 
porate said Inhabitants into a Town or District, with all the 
powers and privilegs thereof, that they may Act within them- 
selves for the future as your Hours in your great Wisdom shall 
see meet. And in Duty Bound your Humble Respondents and 
Petitioners shall Ever Pray. 

. ^, 1 T^ 1 ij? "Ebenr Stagey, 

m the name and Behalf ^, -^ 

..IT-, o ,, Nathan Bov^en, 

oi the Proprs &c, „^ 

WiLLM Goodwin. 



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Upon the petition and answer given above, the General Court 
took action, and a committee of both houses was appointed to 
report. This report was to the effect that the original record of 
the grant was destroyed When the Boston townhouse was burnt, 
and it was asked that the Proprietors should lay before the 
Court their original grant at the next session. This report was 
accepted and passed both houses, on January 12, 1758. 

The settlers, however, had become impatient at the slow 
motion of both Proprietors and Court; and after waiting till 
near the beginning of another year, they sought again to move 
the Court with another petition, presenting their grievances in 
a somewhat new light. This, together with the answer of the 
Proprietors and accompanying papers, still preserved in the 
ilassachusetts Archives, gives us so many important facts relat- 
ing to the early history of Windham that we give them complete 
below. 

The death of Mr. Wight to whom the usual minister's right 
had been given was a great disaster to both Proprietors and 
Settlers. The Proprietors had fulfilled their obligations in set- 
tling a minister, and his right descended to his heirs. The 
Proprietors could not grant rights to successive candidates. 
They had no inducement for a second minister, and they felt 
it to be a hardship that the settlers should call upon them to 
make further sacrifices in settling another, as they were, in no 
wise, to blame for the loss of the first. To the General Court 
they presented the claim that they had fulfilled the condition 
of their grant, and their records show this conclusion. The 
records show also that they passed several votes appointing 
committees to investigate the condition of the settlement and the 
iiceds of the settlers, and granting them assistance in sustain- 
ing the ministry in the township ; but the committees failed to 
serve until the patience of tlic settlers was exhausted, and their 
discontent found expression in petitions, the result of which we 
see in the report of the committee previously given. 

John Wight, son of the first minister, being by his father's 
right a Proprietor, and also being well acquainted with the 
conditions of the settlement, became quite active as an agent 
for the Proprietors. He was chosen again, after the report 
made April, 1759, at a Proprietors' meeting held June 22, 1759, 
to collect the unpaid taxes of the delinquent Proprietors. His 



102 WINDHAM IX THE PAST 

report is valuable, as showing the changes in proprietorship, 
which the first twenty years of the township had made. It will 
be noticed that many of the grantees had sold out entirely to 
new settlers or to other grantees, and that a majority of the 
original Proprietors were dead. The following is the report 
as it appears on the Proprietors' records: 

"Tax Laid Upon the Original Rights in New IMarblehead, 

June 22, 1759 

"Lot No. 1. The Heirs of Galley Wright. 

2. The Heirs of Robt Parramore. 

3. The Heirs of Rev. George Pigot. 
5. Michael Bowden. 
6 & 24. Ebenr Stacey. 
7. The Heirs of Ebenr Hawkes. Jr. 

8 & 50. Richard Dana. 
9. Capt. Dunn, Representative. 
10 & 12. Thomas Chute. 
11, 19, 26, 38 & 57. William Mayberry. 
13 & 30. Nathan Bo wen. 

14. Thomas Stevens. 

15. The heirs of Peter Coleman. 

16. The heirs of James Sharrah. 

17. The heirs of John Farmer. 

18. The heirs of Benj. Dodge. 
20. Jonathan Procter. 
31. Heirs of James Skinner. 
34 & 35. Heirs of Rev. John Wight. 

36. Abraham Anderson. 

37. Heirs of Samuel Lee, Esqr. 

38. Benjamin Wait. 

40. Edward Holyoke. 

41. John Oulton's heirs. 

42. Isaac Mansfield. 

43. Phineas Jones' heirs. 

44. Joseph Howard. 

45. Heirs of Joseph Swett. 

46. Brown & Putnam. 

47. John Stevens. 

48. 53 & 56. Joseph Smithhurst's heirs. 



)t No. 


49. 




51. 




52 




22. 




23. 




25. 




27. 




28. 




29, 




54. 




55. 




58. 




59. 




62. 




63. 



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Heirs of Wni. Ingals. 

John Felton ; Harmson 's heirs. 
& 61. Joseph Blaney, Esqr. 

Major Richd Reed. 

The heirs of John Bailey. 

The heirs of Harmson. 

The lieirs of ]\Ioses Galley, Esqr. 

Robert Hooper, Esqr. 
32 & 60. Ebenezer Hawkes. 

Humphrey Devorux. 

Nathl Evans. 

William Goodwin. 

Samuel Turner. 

William Knights. 

Timothy Pike." 

"Petition of the Inhabitants of New Marblehead 
"Province of the Massachusetts Bay. 

"To his Excellency Thomas Pownall Esqr., Capt. General-in 
chief in and over the said Province, the Honble his Majesty's 
Council & house of Representatives in Genl Court assembled, 
Dec. 28, 1758. 

"The Petition of the Inhabitants of a place called New 
jMarblehead in the County of York. 

"Humbly Sheweth, That they labor under great Difficulties 
for want of having the Gospel preached amongst them having 
never had a proper Meeting-House at all nor a Minister these 
many years, for what the Proprietors formerly in part built and 
called a ^Meeting-house was nothing more than the name of one 
never answered the Purpose and is long since gone to Ruin; 
Neither have said Inhabitants had any Minister with them for 
these five years past, excepting one winter they themselves hired 
a gentleman to preach which they were poorly able to do, being 
but twenty-eight in number and in low circumstances. Their 
distressed condition they have often presented to the Proprietors 
and begged their assistance, but they altho' sixty in number 
are all non-Residents excepting four; and having given a small 
part of a right to some or other of the Inhabitants for settling, 
own more than three-quarters of the Township yet, and not- 



104 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

withstanding their unimproved lands are daily advanced in 
value by the Improvements made by the Inhabitants, yet they 
are deaf to all their Cries and refuse to be at any Expense that 
they may have a settled Ministry amongst them, by means 
thereof they have been obliged to live like Heathen, To remedy 
which, your Petitioners about two years ago applied to the 
Honble the Genl Court, for Relief, and the matter was then in 
part enquired into, but for wdiat Reasons your Petitioners can- 
not tell never came to an issue, so that they have remained in 
the same bad situation ever since. Your Petitioners are not 
only sufferers in the above particulars, but their children are 
also bred up in ignorance for want of a School, having never 
had one in the place since the first settlement thereof, altho' 
near or quite twenty years since. For not having incourage- 
ment of the Proprietor's the numbers of the Inhabitants have 
increased but slowly and not one-half requisite by law to trans- 
act Town affairs. Wherefore, it was not possible for them to 
legally raise money among themselves for the support of a 
school or any other Use that miglit be for the good of the whole. 
These difficulties your Petitioners have long suffered and must 
yet longer unless relieved by this Ilonble Court. Wherefore, 
they humbly your Excellencies and Honours, that a tax may 
be laid on the Non-Resident Proprietor's Lands, in said Town- 
ship, in Order to raise a fund for building a Meeting-House 
and supporting a Minister amongst them and that said Inhabit- 
ants may have power to Raise & collect money amongst them- 
selves for the support of a School in said Township, or any other 
use that may be judged by the major part of said Inhabitants 
for the benefit of the whole; or that they may otherwise have 
Redress, as to your Excellency and Honours known wisdom 
?nd Goodness shall seem meet, and your Petitioners in duty 
bound will ever pray. 

"Abraham Anderson, John Farrow, 

John ^lanehester, Hugh Crague, 

Caleb Graffam, Robert Mugford, 

William Elder, Eli Webb, 

Zerubebel Hunnaw-el, Thomas ]\Iayberry, 

John Stevens, Junr., Samuel ]\Iathes, 

Samuel Webb, Curtis Chute, 



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Ephraim Winship, John Bodge, 

Joseph Starling, Thos Chute, 

William IMayberry, Richard Mayberry. 

"In the House of Representatives, Jan'y 12, 1759. Read 
and Ordered that the Petitioners notify the Non-Resident Proprs 
of the Township of New Marblehead of this Petition, by insert- 
ing the Substance thereof in one or more of the Public Prints 
for three weeks successively; That they show cause (if any 
they have), on the second Wednesday of the next sitting of this 
Court, why the prayer thereof should not be granted. 

"Sent up for Concurrence. 

T. Hubbard, Spkr 

"In Council, Jan'y 15. Read and Concurred. 

A. Oliver, Sec'y- 

"In Council, June 13, 1759. Read again, together with the 
answer of the Non-Resident Proprietors, and Ordered that 
Samuel Watts and Benja Lincoln Esqrs, with such as the Honble 
House shall appoint, be a Committee to take this Petition and 
Answer under Consideration, and Report what they judge 
proper to be done thereon. 

"Sent down for Concurrence. 

Thos Clarke, Depty. Sec'y- 
"In the House of Representatives, June 13, 1759. Read 
and Concurred, and Mr. Bradbury, Colo Lawrence and Capt. 
IMorey are Joyned in the Affair. S. White, Spkr. ' ' 

"Falmouth, May 28, 1759. 
"We the subscribers being well acquainted with the House 
the Proprietors of New Marblehead built there designed for a 
Meeting-House, at ye Request of Mr. Abraham Anderson, one 
of the Inhabitants of sd New Marblehead, do Declare that the 
said House was never finished, nor was ye work done in a work- 
manlike manner, so far as was done ; no floor was ever laid, nor 
vv'indows to said House, neither was ye House ever underpinned, 
nor fit for ye people to meet in. 

Nathan Winslow, 
Isaac Ilsley, 
Thomas Haskell, 
Caleb Graff am." 



106 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Massachusetts Archives. Vol. 117. pp. 416-420. 

To the foregoing statements of the Inhabitants of New Mar- 
blehead, the Proprietors returned the following answer: 

"Province of Massachusetts Bay. 

"To his Excellency Thomas Pownall, Esqr., Commander-in- 
chief, and to the Honorable, His Majesty's Council and House 
of Representatives, of said Province, in General Court Assem- 
bled, the sixth day of June A.D. 1759. 

"The Subscribers, a Committee of the Proprietors of the 
commoii and undivided lands in a Place called New Marble- 
head, in the County of York. Humbly Sheweth in their Behalf. 
That in Obedience to the Order of this Honorable Court of the 
12th & 13th of January A.D. 1758, the said Proprietors, at a 
Diceting for that purpose, appointed a Committee with orders 
to repair to the said Place and take an exact account of condi- 
tion of the settlement in order to its being laid before this 
Honorable Court, which Committee, not attending to that service 
the said Proprietors at their meeting in March last, appointed 
Messrs. Jolni Wight and Samuel Turner to do it, who have 
accordingly been on the spot ; whose report, together with a true 
copy of the Original Grant of the sd Township, with a list of the 
Original Grantees, we now beg leave to lay before you. And in 
Answer to the Petitioners of the Inhabitants of that place, now 
depending before your Excellency and this Honble Court, we 
beg leave to say. That A.D. 1737, the Grantees of said Town- 
ship, at their own expense erected a Meeting-House there, 38 
feet long, 28 feet wide and 14 feet stud. That A. D., 1743, they 
settled the Rev. John Wight, in the work of the Ministry there, 
who was ordained and continued there during his life, viz., till 
1752, during which time he was supported wholly by the 
Grantees, to w^hich the settlers as such contributed nothing. 
That Mr. Wight made use of said Meeting-House and preached 
in it till the year 1746, when the Inhabitants pulled it down and 
afterwards met in the Fort or Block-House built there by the 
Government. That upon the Death of Mr. Wight, the Grantees 
apprehended that it was high time that the Settlement of sixty 
families enjoined by the Grant, should be compleated and that 
then it would be most fit that the Inhabitants should by them- 
selves choose and contract with a Minister and the Grantees 



ECCLESIASTICAL 107 

as such should assist them in his support. This the Proprietors 
have been already to do, and had the settlement been com- 
pleted according to the Term of the Grant, or in many years 
after, the Inconvenience now complained of would not have 
happened; As to a Meeting-House the Block-House which they 
have used for that purpose ever since the Meeting-House was 
pulled down, will, we hope, be sufficient to accommodate the 
Families there till the number of the Settlers shall be compleated 
and the Inhabitants incorporated; which we hope by the Order 
of your Excellency and the Honorable Court will soon be effect- 
ed, and in the meantime, the Proprietors have at their last 
March meeting Ordered the payment of 60 dollars out of their 
Treasury to assist the Inhabitants in procuring preaching there ; 
And there is no reason to doubt but the said Proprietors will 
from Time to Time, as there may be occasion, make further 
grants for that purpose, which we apprehend will be the most 
Salutary Method of Supporting the Preaching the Gospel, there 
until the said Settlement be compleated and the Inhabitants 
be incorporated as aforesaid and then the Proprietors will 
readily contribute to assist the Inhabitants in the Rebuilding 
a Meeting-House and settling a Minister there ; and if they fail 
may be compelled. And as a number of Defective Grantees 
are in arrears of the several Taxes that have been laid on them 
and duly notified for bringing the Settlement and the conditions 
of the said Township by that means, remaining unpaid, we pray 
that the present assessors, Vizt Nathan Bowen, John Wight & 
Samuel Turner, or a Quorum of them may be authorized to sell 
and Legally convey as much of the Delinquent Rights through 
the Township as will pay said Arrears. And as the Boundary 
Lines betwixt the Township and the Towns of Falmouth and 
North Yarmouth have not yet been settled, the ascertaining of 
which is of great importance to this Township, we pray that your 
Excellency & Hours to order some proper methods for affecting 
the same. All which is submitted by your Excellency & Hours 
Most Obt Servants. 

' ' Nathan Bowen, 
WiLLM Goodwin, 
John Wight, 
Samuel Turner." 



108 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Massachusetts Archives, Vol. 117, pp. 421-423. 

From the Proprietors' records we learn that, on May 14, 
1760, they voted to appropriate one hundred and twenty 
pounds to assist the inhabitants in settling and sustaining 
another minister for two years. They voted also to petition 
the Court to incorporate the inhabitants into a Town or District, 
and to settle the boundary between Falmouth and North Yar- 
mouth and New Marblehead. 

The following letter shows that a compromise between the 
Proprietors and the inhabitants took place during the winter 
of 1759-60. The letter is from Nathan Bowen, for the Pro- 
prietors, to Jacob Fowle, Esqr., who was in the House of Rep- 
lesentatives, and is dated at Marblehead, June 6, 1760. 

"We hereby Certifie that the Proprietors of New Marble- 
head at their meeting yesterday Granted £20 to be paid out 
of the Proprietors Treasury and applied to the assisting the 
Inhabitants of the Township to settle a Minister there and 
toward his support for one year to Commence and Accounted 
from the Ordination of such ^linister; and Sixty pounds per 
year more for the two years next coming after that time toward 
the support of sd Minister; Provided the Greate & General 
Court do not lay any Tax's on sd Proprietors or order any tax's 
to be laid on them during that time; Which Grant is to the 
Mutual satisfaction of the Proprietors & Inhabitants, who have 
agreed that the Petition of the Inhabitants now depending 
before the Greate & General Court do cease & be no further 
prosecuted. Marblehead, June 6, 1760. Nathan Bowen, in 
behalf of the Proprietors. Abraham Anderson for and in 
behalf of the Inhabitants." 

Rejoiced that the troublesome affair was at length satis- 
factorily adjusted, and encouraged by the liberality of the Pro- 
prietors, the people of New ]\Iarblehead began preparations to 
settle their second minister. To that end, a church meeting 
assembled on April 19, 1762, when it voted unanimously that 

"Mr. Peter Thacher Smith should be our Minister to dispense 
the Word of God to us and the inhabitants of this place." 

A few weeks later, on May 5, 1762, the church members and 
other inhabitants met at the Province Fort and 



ECCLESIASTICAL 109 

'* Voted, by the former and unanimous vote of the Church, 
together with the unanimous vote of the majority of the In- 
habitants," that Mr. Peter Thacher Smith should be their min- 
ister or pastor to dispense the word of God to them. They also 
voted that Mr. Abraham Anderson, Mr. Thomas Mayberry and 
Capt. Thomas Chute be a committee to acquaint Mr. Smith of 
their choice, and report to the inhabitants in seven days. 

The chosen committee immediately gave Mr. Smith a most 
urgent call to become their pastor, saying among other things, 
"We hope you will not be discouraged from coming where you 
preached your first sermon to us, who always admired your 
person and your preaching to that degree, that we resolve to 
make trial of no other man for our ministry till you absolutely 
refuse to accept our call." 

Mr. Smith promptly accepted the call, so that the committee 
were enabled to report the fact to the inhabitants, on May 12, 
1762. A committee was then chosen consisting of Dea. Thomas 
Chute, Abraham Anderson, Caleb Graft'am, and Thomas May- 
berry to confer with jMr, Smith in regard to his ordination ; also 
a committee from both the Proprietors and the inhabitants to 
settle the conditions of the salary and other matters relating 
to his settlement as pastor. 

The following is the agreement betAveen the inhabitants and 
Proprietors and Mr. Smith, as it appears on the records: 

"This Indenture Tripartite, made the twenty first day of 
September Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and 
sixty two, and in the second year of his Majestic 's reign King 
George the third, betwixt Peter Thacher Smith of Windham 
in the County of Cumberland, in the Province of Massachusetts 
Bay in New England, Gentleman, of the first part, of the In- 
habitants of the said Town of Windham by Abraham Anderson, 
Caleb Graffam, William Elder, John Farrow, John Bodge, 
Thomas Mayberry and Ephraim Winship, Agents for the said 
Township fully authorized in this behalf, of the second part, 
and the proprietors of the common lands of said Town, by 
Nathan Bowen, Jeremiah Lee and John Wight, their Agents 
in this Behalf, on the third part. Witnesseth, That the said 
Peter on his Part for the Consideration hereafter mentioned 
doth Covenant, Grant and Agree to and with the said Inhabit- 



110 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

ants and with the Proprietors severally in manner following, 
Vizt That he shall and will from the day of the date hereafter 
Enter upon, and Engage in the Office of Minister to Dispense 
the Word of God to the said Inhabitants; receive Ordination 
and Continue in that service there, and faithfully and to the 
best of his skill and power discharge the Several Duties of that 
Office, to the Church and Inhabitants of that Town, for not less 
than Twenty Years next Coming, his life and Health being so 
long continued; and the said Peter doth Hereby Acknowlege 
that he hath received this day Eighty three pounds Lawfull 
money of said Province, Vizt of said Proprietors such sum 
together with ninety six Acres of the one hundred Acre Lott 
Numbered Forty four hereafter I\Ientioned, in full Satisfaction 
for the Settlement of the sd Peter in the work of the Ministry 
there; and the said Peter doth hereby further Acknowledge 
that the annual payment of Eighty pounds hereinafter secured 
to be paid him yearly, is to his satisfaction for his Annual 
Sallary and Support. And the said Inhabitants by their Agents 
aforesaid, for the consideration aforesaid, do Covenant, Grant 
and Agree to and with the said Peter, to pay him Eighty 
pounds Lawfull Money of said province pr Annum yearly and 
every year, to be given and to be accounted from the day of the 
date hereof, and to be continued so long as he shall Continue 
in the Ministry at said Windham, as his yearly Salere for his 
feupport and maintainance. And the said Proprietors by their 
Agents aforesaid assisting and better enabling the said Inhabit- 
ants to Defray the Charge of Settling and Supporting the said 
Minister; do on their Part grant to the said Inhabitants the 
said sum of Eighty three- pounds, which they, the said Propri- 
etors have paid to the said Peter for his Settlement, the pay- 
ment whereof is hereby acknowledged by them ; And the said 
Proprietors hereby Covenant. Grant and Agree to and with the 
said Inhabitants that they will by the order of said Inhabitants, 
also advance and pay to him the said Peter, as part of said 
Eighty pound Salary in manner following, Vizt, for the year 
1762, ensuing, the Twenty first day of September next, fifty 
three pounds six shillings and eight pence ; in the year 1763, 
fifty three pounds 6s. 8d. ; in the year 1764, twenty five pounds 
Bs. 8d. ; in the year 1765, twenty five pounds, which several pay- 
ments together with the Land hereinafter granted, they appre- 



ECCLESIASTICAL 111 

hend will be a proper Encouragement and Assistance of the said 
Inhabitance in settling and Supporting the said Minister, And 
agreeable to the votes of the said Proprietors Relative thereto ; 
and the said Proprietors by their Agents as aforesaid for the 
Consideration aforesaid, Grant, Confirm and Convey to him the 
said Peter Thacher Smith, and his heirs and Assigns forever all 
the fore mentioned Hundred Acre Lott, Numbered forty four 
(44), in said Windham, formerly drawn for the School, and by 
order of the Great and General Court, to be applied to the 
Minister saving what is required thereout for public Town use, 
to be laid out in the ]\Iost Convenient and Suitable IManner to 
answer the use proposed, to Have and to Hold the same (reserv- 
ing as aforesaid), to him the said Peter Thacher Smith, and to 
his heirs and Assigns as an Estate of Inheritance forever. In 
Witness whereof the parties have hereunto Interchangably sett 
their hands and seals the day first above written. 

"Signed, sealed and "Peter Thacher Smith [seal] 

delivered in the presence Abraham Anderson [seal] 

of us. Caleb GRiVPFAM [seal] 

Hugh Crague, John Farrow [se.vl] 

Timothy Cloutman. Thomas Meayberry [seal] 

Nathan Bowen [seal] 

Jeremiah Lee [seal] 

John Wight." [seal] 

The preliminaries of his settlement having been adjusted, 
a council of the neighboring churches was called, which assem- 
bled at the old Province Fort in Windham, on September 22, 
1762, and Mr. Smith was ordained pastor of the church. 

The following ministers were present with delegates from the 
several churches: Rev. ^Nloses Morrill of Biddeford, who made 
the first prayer; the Rev. Dr. Samuel Langdon of Portsmouth, 
who preached; Rev. Thomas Smith of Falmouth, who gave the 
charge; Rev. Nicholas Loring of North Yarmouth, who gave 
the right hand of fellowship; and Rev. Richard Elvins of 
Scarboro, w^ho made the last prayer. Other ministers present 
were Rev. Samuel Haven of Portsmouth and Rev. Joseph Jack- 
son of Brookline. 

The Rev. Peter Thacher Smith, the newly ordained pastor, 
was the son of Rev. Thomas and Sarah (Tyng) Smith, and was 



112 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

born in Falmouth, now Portland, June 14, 1731. He graduated 
at Harvard College in the class of 1753, at the age of 22 years. 
After leaving college he taught school a number of years, at the 
same time studying his profession, — part of the time in his 
native town and a considerable portion at Weymouth, Mass., 
at which place he was invited to settle in the ministry. He 
declined, and, as we have seen, selected Windham as his future 
field of labor. 

His ordination as pastor of the church here was a source 
of great gratification to his father, who thus expresses his 
pleasure on the occasion: 

"Ordination at Windham, a prodigious concourse of people, 
a great and admired solemnity. It was thought by all to be the 
most finished solemnity of the kind ever known." 

Now as there were but thirty-nine families in the township 
at that time, we cannot help wondering where this "prodigious 
concourse" came from, but we suppose some allowance must 
be made for the happiness of a fond parent. 

On the church records we find the following entry, evidently 
placed there by Mr. Smith : 

"The number of Church members living when I was Or- 
dained, Thomas Chute, Thomas Bolton, Abraham Anderson, 
Micah Walker, Curtis Chute. John Farrow. Thomas Haskell 
lived in Falmouth, Seth Webb lived in Gorham, both of whom 
concurred in my ordination. Females, Lois, the wife of Caleb 
Graffam, Bethiah, the wife of Thomas Meayberry, Rachel, the 
wife of William Bolton, Ann, the wife of Abraham Anderson, 
Mary, the wife of Thomas Bolton." 

"Families in the Town when I was ordained: Caleb Graffam, 
Zerubbabel Hunnewell, John Mayberry, Isaac Elder, Eleizer 
Chase, Abraham Anderson, Nathl Evins, Hate Evil Hall, Robert 
Mugford, Stephen Manchester, Thomas Bolton. John Farrow. 
William Bolton, William Mayberry, Hugh Crague, Richard 
Mayberry, John Stevens, Stephen Lowell, William Elder, Simon 
Noyes, Samuel Webb, Thomas Mayberry, Thomas Trott, Thomas 
Chute, Curtis Chute, William Campbell, Micah Walker, John 
Bodge, Joseph Starling, Ephraim Winship, James Bayley, 
William Maxfield, Gershom Winship. Eli Webb, Robert Miller, 



ECCLESIASTICAL 113 

John Manchester, William Knight, William Knight, Jun., 
William Stinchfield." 

For several years, ]\Ir. Smith was very popular with his 
parish, and his ministrations were eminently successful ; the 
church grew in numbers, and we find that his salary was 
promptly voted each year and as promptly paid. At length, 
however, with the increase of the population came certain dis- 
satisfied ones, chiefly several families of Friends, who settled 
here during Mr. Smith's pastorate. These, according to their 
peculiar tenets, refused to pay the ministerial tax, and being 
joined by others not of the orthodox denomination, they rendered 
the last years of his pastorate almost useless. 

During this interval, several attempts were made to dismiss 
him, but all were unsuccessful. However, the feeling ran so 
high that, as early as July, 1776, it was voted not to pay the 
Rev. Mr. Peter T. Smith's salary that year; and, in 1778, the 
town 

"Voted, not to allow Mr. Peter T. Smith any money for the 
Depreciation of the Currency." 

However, at a town meeting held May 25, 1781, it was 

"Voted 80 pounds silver money, to pay the Rev. Mr. Smith's 
salary for the ensuing year." 

On March 22. 1784, the town voted 80 pounds for the Rev. 
Mr. Smith's salary; but, on ]\Iarch 22. 1785. they voted not to 
allow him any salary. The next year, however, they voted to 
allow him 80 pounds. 

Also, at a meeting held Nov. 11, 1786, it was 

"Voted, to raise one hundred and sixty pounds towards pay- 
ing the Rev. Mr. Peter T. Smith's back arrearages." 

At the same meeting they voted that Capt. David Barker 
and Mr. Paul Little be a committee to consult with ]\Ir. Smith 
concerning his salary for the future and make a report to the 
town at the next meeting. 

If this committee attended to their duty, they probably ob- 
tained no satisfaction, as we find that at a town meeting held 
Nov. 11, 1789, it was 

"Voted, to raise four hundred and thirty pounds to pay off 



114 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

the Rev. Peter T. Smith's arrears, for his preaching in This 
Town, and other charges attending the same. 

"Voted, to Dismiss the Rev. Mr. Peter T. Smith from his 
Pastoral office in this Town." 

This summary action must have been a source of amusement 
to Mr. Smith, for none knew better than he that the town had 
no authority to dismiss him unless he requested it, and then it 
would be necessary to call a council of the churches. 

Finding that they had proceeded illegally in the matter, the 
town, at a meeting on July 26, 1790, 

"Voted, to call a council to settle the affair between Mr. 
Peter T. Smith and the town. 

"Voted, Ezra Brown, Paul Little and David Barker be a 
committee to call a council, and also to call on Rev. Mr. Smith 
to request him to join the council between himself and the 
parish. ' ' 

The above committee at once approached Mr. Smith in a 
gentlemanly manner and readily obtained his consent to the 
above votes. 

Accordingly an ecclesiastical council consisting of the pas- 
tors and delegates of the following churches, the church in 
Biddeford, the church at Pepperelborough, the first church in 
Portland, the first church in Falmouth, and the church in 
North Yarmouth, met at the old Province Fort in Windham, on 
October 8, 1790, organized with Rev. Tristram Oilman as 
Moderator and Rev. Samuel Deane as Scribe. 

"When after solemn address to the throne of grace for 
direction and assistance and after serious inquiry and consulta- 
tion, we have agreed upon the followin result, That considering 
the state of affairs in this Town, the Rev. Mr. Smith be advised 
to ask a dismission from his pastoral office and give up his con- 
tract, excepting that he and his Estate be exempted from taxes 
for the term of seventeen years, in the same manner as they 
would have been by law, if he had continued in office ; and that 
he have the use of the parsonage lot of one hundred acres, on 
the main road until another Congregational Minister be settled 
in this Town, provided he make no unnecessary waste thereon. 



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On the whole we declare that we have found no fault with the 
moral or ministerial conduct or character of the pastor, and 
that we can and do cheerfully recomend him to any place where 
he shall be providentially called. Finally we earnestly 
recomend to the Rev. Mr. Smith and the people, that they 
devoutly lay to heart the dealing of divine providence toward 
them, and that they strictly examine themselves to find wherein 
their conduct may have been contrary to the peacable spirit of 
the gospel ; that they repent of all they find amiss, and that they 
endeavor to join together in the resettlement of a gospel min- 
ister among them, and in order to promote their religious edifica- 
tion we think it Necessary that they build a house for public 
worship ; and it is our fervent prayer that God would be pleased 
to show to this people their best interest for time and Eternally 
guide them by his counsel and fit them for glory. 

Tristram Gilman, 

Moderator. By and in 

Samuel Deane, behalf of 

Scribe. the Council." 

In accordance with the decision of the Council, a settlement 
was made with Mr. Smith, and he promptly requested his dis- 
mission from the pastoral office. 

This was as promptly granted, as the following entry on the 
town records goes to show: 

"Nov. 18, 1790, at a Meeting held in the Friends Meeting 
house it was 

"Voted, to dismiss the Rev. Mr. Peter T. Smith from his 
Pastoral office in this Town, agreable to the advice contained in 
the sixth Article of the result of the Ecclesiastical Council in 
this Town on the 8th day of October, 1790. :\Ir. Smith having 
requested a dismission from his pastoral office in conformity 
to the aforesaid article. 

A. Osgood. Town Clerk." 

Thus was severed a connection, that had existed for 28 years 
and 2 months. 

]Mr. Smith is described as a tall, portly man, of somewhat 
grave and dignified demeanor, but possessed of a ready wit and 



116 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

a keen sense of humor; and, when it suited his mood, he was 
one of the most agreeable of men. As a preacher, he was more 
doctrinal than practical, and, in theological belief, was a strict 
Calvinist. He was rather slow in delivery, but. at times, eloquent 
and always earnest in his appeals to his congregation. He did 
much to build up and strengthen the feeble church in this town. 
In fact, he was a good example of that body of stern New Eng- 
land clergy, who, devotedly attached to country and loyal to 
the ideas of religious as well as civil liberty, when the war for 
national independence came on, were among the first to shout, 
' ' To your tents Israel ! " ; and who were ever ready, both by 
precept and example, to urge resistance to British tyranny. 

After his dismission, Mr. Smith continued to reside in Wind- 
ham in easy circumstances, and for several years exercised the 
functions of a civil magistrate. He died at his residence in the 
south part of Windham, Oct. 26, 1826, at the ripe age of 95 
years, and his dust rests in a tomb which he built in the ceme- 
tery that still bears his name. 



CHAPTER V 

Ecclesiastical 
(Continued) 

Accepting the advice of the Council of 1790, the people of 
Windham began preparations to build what the old records call 
a "Decent house for the public worship of God." During Mr. 
Smith's pastorate at least two separate attempts had been made 
to build a meeting-house ; one in 1768, th-e other in 1783, neither 
of which had materialized; and they now determined to have a 
suitable place of worship. Accordingly a committee was chosen 
to decide upon the locality of the proposed house and other pur- 
poses connected with the enterprise. The committee selected 
a lot nearly opposite the dwelling of the late Thomas L, Smith, 
Esqr., and certainly no more beautiful location could have been 
found within the town limits. It contained two acres on the 
summit of a noble elevation of land, whence an extended view of 
the surrounding country Avas visible on all sides. 

The house was built, according to the vote, fifty feet long and 
forty feet wide, two stories high, with a double row of wundow^s, 
filled with seven-by-nine inch glass, and with a common pitched 
loof. When first built, it had a projecting porch, with a queer 
shaped roof, but some years later, this was removed, and the 
building was clapboarded and treated to a coat of white paint, 
which doubtless gave it an aristocratic appearance at the time. 
One single door led from the outside into the hallway which 
extended the width of the building, except that, at opposite ends, 
there were narrow stairw^ays leading to the singers' gallery. 
In a conspicuous place in the hall was fastened a wooden box 
with a glass front, in which the town clerk posted the names of 
those who were contemplating matrimony within three weeks. 
This piece of furniture was called the publishment box and was 
a source of unfeigned curiosity to all comers, young and old. 

On entering the lofty audience room, the first thing to attract 
attention was the pulpit, placed directly opposite the entrance, 
at least a dozen feet above the floor and reached by a narrow, 



118 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

winding stairway railed on either hand. The pulpit was up- 
holstered with scarlet cloth, which soon faded to a reddish brown. 
The top formed a sort of reading desk covered with a cushion 
of white velvet, on which reposed an ancient and well-worn 
Bible. From the four corners of the pulpit hung large crimson 
tassels, while, to complete the whole, a curiously carved sound- 
ing-board hung by a slender rod just above the minister's head. 

The pews were of the old-fashioned box variety, about four 
and one-half feet high, with seats on three sides provided with 
hinges, so that they could bo turned up to afford standing room 
during prayer time. Considerable taste had been displayed in 
finishing the pews with panel work, nicely adjusted doors, and 
a top rail or moulding, stained in imitation of mahogany. 

The singers' gallery was opposite the pulpit and was in per- 
fect keeping with everything else in the room. 

According to an ancient orthodox custom, no means of heat- 
ing the meeting-house was ever introduced, even in the coldest 
v/eather; indeed such a thing would have been regarded as the 
sum total of human depravity. A few families were provided 
Avith the old fashioned foot stoves, in which a few live coals or a 
heated brick was placed. These served to impart a slight degree 
of comfort to the owner's feet. The less fortunate ones were 
supposed to imbibe sufficient warmth from the two-hour sermon 
to keep the blood in circulation, and, aided by a large amount of 
faith, they appear to have been successful. 

This house was opened for public worship in 1795 and was 
the center of religious interest for nearly forty years. 

It remained on the spot where it was erected until 1861, 
when the society obtained an act of legislature to sell the ancient 
landmark. It was purchased by Mr. James Cash, who converted 
it into a barn, which is now (1910) standing on the farm owned 
by Gilbert Roberts, on the River Road at South Windham. 

The third pastor of the church in "Windham was Rev. 
Nathaniel Stone. He came here from Provincetown, Mass.. but 
whether he was a native of that town or not, I am unable to say. 
He graduated from Harvard in the class of 1795 and came here 
in 1798. 

On the church book I find the following entry: ''Nathaniel 
Stone was ordained pastor over the Church of Christ in Wind- 
ham in the County of Cumberland on the thirty first day of 



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October, one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight. Rev. 
Caleb Jewett, made the introductory prayer, Rev. Nathan Stone, 
the candidate's father, preached from 2d Corinthians 4th chap, 
and 5th verse, 'For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus 
the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.' Rev. 
Samuel Deane, D.D., made the ordaining prayer and gave the 
charge ; Rev. Daniel Marrett gave the right hand of fellowship. 
Rev. Oilman, Rev. "Williams and Rev. Kellogg were sent to but 
did not come. The church appeared previously to ordination, 
consisting of Zerubbabel Hunnewell and Richard Dole. 

"They voted that there was existing in Windham a Church 
tho' very small. Paul Little. Elijah Hunnewell and John Chute 
were admitted to full communion, and Thomas Barker and 
James Paine were recommended from the several Churches to 
which they belong and were received into this. Barker belonged 
to the Salem Church and Paine to Limerick." 

Mr. Stone is said to have been an earnest, fluent, though a 
somewhat solemn preacher, spiritual-minded, and a consistent 
Christian gentleman. Although he was zealous in his endeavors 
to revive the weak church, a spirit of apathy seemed to have 
seized the minds of its members, from which his most fervid 
appeals failed to arouse them. So, after remaining in the pas- 
toral office about six years, feeling that his work with this 
church and people was done, he requested his dismission. 

The following entry on the church records gives us an insight 
into the condition of things as they existed at that time : 

"Feb. 3, 1805, Nathaniel Stone being dissatisfied with his 
situation on account of the inatention of the people to religion, 
and their neglect of their pastor, from duty to himself and 
family, took his leave of them, and preached his farewell ser- 
mon, previously, having given them notice a year before of his 
intention according to the purport of the contract when set- 
tled." 

Then follows what was probably the text of his farewell 
sermon, ' ' Spare thy people Lord, and give not thine heritage 
to reproach, that the heathen should rule over thee. Turn ye 
even to me saith the Lord, with all your heart, and with fasting 
and with weeping, and with mourning, and send your hearts 
and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God." 



120 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Mr. Stone was dismissed on Feb. 3, 1805, without any 
ecclesiastical formalities, according to a previous arrangement 
between him and the people. He removed to Naples, Me., and 
died there, sometime in 1848, full of years. 

The fourth pastor of this church was the Rev. Asa Lyman, 
l>orn in Lebanon, Conn., in 1777. He graduated at Yale Col- 
lege in 1803 and first came to Windham as a school teacher, 
during the spring of 1809 ; and was engaged to supply the 
\'acant pulpit through the summer months. In September of 
that year (1809), the church invited him to become their pastor. 
He accepted, and a council was called to consummate the con- 
templated union. On finding that it was not considered as a 
I)ermanent settlement, thej' declined proceeding; and on No- 
\ ember 30th, 1809, the church installed him. This is the only 
instance of the kind recorded in the annals of this church and 
society. After remaining with this people about six months, 
he was dismissed June 1, 1810, but for what reasons, we are not 
able to say. He shortly afterwards removed to New York State 
and died there in 1836, aged 59 years. 

The fifth minister settled in Windham was Rev. Gardiner 
Kellogg, a native of Hadley, Mass., and a graduate of Dartmouth 
College. After leaving that Institution, he studied divinity and, 
for a time, w'as settled in Thetford, Vermont. About two years 
after Mr. Lyman's departure, the people here invited him to 
become their pastor; and on April 25, 1811, he was duly in- 
stalled and for fifteen years, or until his death, he continued in 
that office. 

Mr. Kellogg was a man of more than ordinary abilities, 
sound in doctrine, a good scholar, a ready speaker, and, better 
than all, a faithful and sympathizing pastor, always ready and 
active in every good work. He did much to establish the 
church on a firm foundation. He w^as fond of out-of-door work 
and owned and cultivated the farm near Little Falls recently 
OAvned by the late Edwin A. Bodge. Here he fell asleep, on No- 
vember 29. 1826, aged 61 years. 

After his decease no one was settled here for about two 
years. At length the church called tlieir sixth pastor, in the 
person of Rev. William Gragg. He was born in Groton, Mass., 
September 22, 1786. He graduated at Harvard College in the 
class of 1820. He was ordained in Windham, October 15, 1828, 



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and was dismissed Aug. 31, 1831. He was the son of Thomas 
and Eunice (Lakin) Gragg, and his ancestors were among the 
early settlers of Groton and Londonderry, N. H. Rev. Mr. 
Gragg married, Jan. 29, 1833, Mary Pollard of Bedford, Mass. 

He was a man of scholarly instincts, quiet and reserved in 
manner, and not inclined to sociability. As a preacher he was 
logical in argument, precise in language, but rather dull and 
slow in delivery. No trouble existed between him and the 
people here during his pastorate, and we do not know the reason 
for his dismissal ; neither do we know where he went from here. 
He and his wife are buried in the cemetery at Groton, and a 
tablet erected to mark the spot bears this inscription : 

"In Memory of 

Rev. William Gragg, 

who died Nov. 19th, 1852, Aet. 66. 

Also 

His Wife Mary P. Gragg, who died 

Nov. 29, 1852, Aet. 65. 

"No terror on their brows was seen 
Their minds were peaceful and serene. 
Their Saviour's smile dispelled the gloom 
And smoothed their pathway to the tomb." 

The seventh in this list of worthies was Rev. Jonathan Lee 
Hale, who was born in Canaan, Conn., and graduated at I\Iiddle- 
bury College. He came to Windham from Crampton, N. H., 
and was ordained here September 12, 1832. One who remem- 
bered him well informed us several years ago that he was a man 
of superior intellect, a calm, sedate, but forcible preacher, and 
endowed with the most lovable qualities of both head and heart. 
Although never very strong physically, he was a tireless worker 
and was possessed of fine executive abilities. He was extremely 
popular with the church, and his pastorate bade fair to be one 
of unexampled success. He was instrumental in building the 
present meeting-house, which was commenced in 1831, but he 
did not live to see it finished. 



122 



WINDHAM IN THE PAST 



In the church book we find the following entry : 

"Rev. Mr. Hale's health declined in the autumn of 1834, 
and he was taken much from his labors. He went South in 
November, and died in Georgia, Jan. 15, 1835. Exposure prob- 
ably hastened his death." 

Mr. Hale went to Savannah, Georgia, in the hope that the 
mild climate would restore his health so that he could return to 
his beloved people here, but the fell disease had slowly but surely 
sapped the vital current, and. on the above date, he entered "the 
rest that remaineth for the people of God." His dust reposes 
in the soil of the beautiful City of Savannah, there to await the 
grey dawn of the resurrection morning. It may be said of him 
in the language of Holy Writ, "The memory of the just is 
blessed. ' ' 

In less than one year after Mr. Hale's death, the Rev. John 
W. Shepherd was called to the vacant pulpit. He came from 
Gilmanton, X. H.. and was ordained here, August 3, 1836. the 
exercises being held in the present meeting-house, which had been 
finished in the summer of 1835. "We know nothing whatever in 
regard to Mr. Shepherd's antecedents. He was a man of goodly 
presence and is said to have been an easy and eloquent speaker. 
Some trouble arose between him and some of his flock and cul- 
minated in his dismissal, on July 10, 1839. He went to other 
fields of labor, but just where no one seems to know. 

The ninth pastor w^as Rev. William Warren. We was born 
in Waterford, Me., October 21, 1806. He graduated at Bowdoin 
College in the class of 1837 (D.D. 1870) ; and from the Andover 
Theological School in 1838. 

In the language of the church records, ' ' Mr. William Warren 
came to Windham the 1st of Sept., 1839, taught a high school 
three months, and supplied the pulpit during that time. On 
the first of January, 1840, he returned to Windham at the re- 
quest of the society, to preach as a candidate for settlement. 
Accordingly at a regular meeting of the first Congregational 
Church in Windham, held at the new Cong. Meeting house in 
Windham, on Wednesday the 5th day of Feb., 1840, according 
TO notice previously given. It was 

"Voted, to extend to Mr. William Warren an invitation to 



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settle as the pastor and minister over this Church and parish and 
preach in connexion with the church." 

At same meeting several other votes relating to his salary 
and settlement were passed; and he having accepted the call, 
an ecclesiastical council was called, and he was ordained in Feb- 
ruary, 1840. 

Rev. Mr. Warren was a man of rare intellectual qualities, 
a ripe scholar, a profound thinker, and a plain, practical 
preacher. As a teacher, he was an unqualified success, and dur- 
ing his residence in Windham, he probably did as much to pro- 
mote the cause of education as any other one man who ever 
lived here. For years after his departure for other fields of 
duty, our common schools bore the impress of his vigorous and 
tireless efforts in their behalf. 

He remained here about nine years and was dismissed, at his 
own request, in November, 1819, to become the pastor of a Con- 
gregational church in Upton, Mass. After seven years of faith- 
ful and efficient service there, he was employed for some time 
by the American Colonization Society. Afterwards, in 1867, 
he was appointed one of the secretaries of the A. B. C. F. M. 
and held that position until advancing years and enfeebled 
health compelled him to resign in 1878, with a record of un- 
wearied and faithful service. 

He spent his last years in Gorham, Me., and from that 
pleasant village his spirit took its upward flight in January, 
1879. 

The tenth minister settled here was the Rev. John Perham. 
He came from Farmington, Me., where he had been a merchant 
for several years. Becoming convinced of his duty to preach 
the gospel, he studied divinity, probably at Bangor Theological 
Seminary. In the autumn of 1850, he received a call to the 
pulpit here made vacant by the resignation of Dr. Warren, 
which he accepted. He was ordained Jan. 22, 1851. 

Mr. Perham entered zealously upon his pastoral duties with 
good success. Several members were added to the church, and 
everything seemed to promise a prosperous pastorate; but his 
health suddenly failed and he was compelled to ask a dismissal, 
to the profound grief of his people. He was dismissed Sept. 
19, 1854, and shortly afterwards went West. He died at Beloit, 
Wisconsin, Dec. 4, 1874, aged 68 years. Mr. Perham was 



124 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

greatly beloved by all parties in town, and his memory is still 
cherished as a true Christian gentleman and a faithful minister 
of the gospel. 

The eleventh pastor of the church in Windham was Rev. 
Luther Wiswell. He was born in Marlboro, Mass., in 1801. 
There his early life was spent in agricultural pursuits, but 
when about thirty-four years of age, he commenced the study of 
divinity and graduated at Bangor Theological Seminary in the 
class of 1836. He was first settled at Brooks and Jackson, in 
the County of Waldo, Me., where he remained about seven 
jears. He then came to this town and was installed pastor 
Sept, 20, 1854, — probably by the same council that had dis- 
missed Mr. Perham the day before. 

No words of mine can do justice to the character of Rev. 
liUther Wiswell, yet I believe that every citizen of Windham 
who knew him will agree in saying that he was a great man. 
Great he most assuredly was in intellect, great in faith, great 
in works, great in goodness, and great in true Christian holiness. 

He came to this church in the prime of his stalwart manhood, 
and from that time until his "mortal put on immortality," he 
never failed in his devotion to its best interests. 

As a preacher, his sermons were faultless in composition, 
rich in practical advice, yet sound to the core on all questions 
of orthodox theology. His most thrilling and eloquent periods 
were invariably delivered in a calm and quiet manner without 
the least oratorical display, yet they never failed to interest 
and instruct his congregation, and some of the most helpful 
w ords we ever heard came from his venerable lips. 

In his private life he was irreproachable, and the people of 
this ancient township united as one man to do him honor. The 
church flourished during his pastorate, many were added to 
its numbers, and doubtless the time of its greatest prosperity 
was during his pastoral care of about thirty-one years. 

He continued his ministrations here until extreme old age, 
his last service on earth being held but two weeks previous to 
his death. On that occasion he administered the Lord's sup- 
per, after which he addressed his nuich-loved flock solemnly on 
their coming separation, as if in the spirit of prophecy. 

He passed away suddenly, on March 15th, 1885, at the patri- 
archal age of 84 years and three months. His remains are in- 



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125 



terred in the cemetery adjoining the meeting-house, in which he 
had so long broken the bread of life, and the people of this 
town have reason to be thankful, not only for his life, but that 
the dust of this eminent servant of God is sleeping in its bosom. 




Windham Hill, Maine 

After Rev. Mr. Wiswell 's death several candidates came here 
on trial during the spring and summer, among others the Rev. 
Robert John Kyle, who preached his first sermon to this people 
on June 1. 1885. This gentleman was born in Belfast. Ireland, 
in 1853. He came to Maine from Toronto, Canada. He had 
graduated at Bangor Theological Seminary in the class of 1883, 
after which he preached for awhile in Brooks, Me., coming 
here from that town. 

His pulpit efforts being satisfactory to the people of this 
church and parish, he was invited to become their pastor. He 
accepted and was ordained on September 22, 1885. 

Rev. Mr. Kyle was well qualified as a minister, being a good 
scholar, a fine speaker, and, in private life, a most companionable 
man, and his pastorate was a successful one throughout. The 
records show that several members were added to the church 
during his stay here, and thorough repairs were made on the 
meeting-house. After remaining here about five years, Mr. 
Kyle resigned and was dismissed May 25th, 1890. He became 



126 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

pastor of the Congregational church in Ayer, Mass. He left 
many friends in Windham, who were pained to learn of his 
recent death. 

The thirteenth and present pastor is Rev. James E, Aikins. 
He was born in Aylmer, Province of Ontario, Can., Aug. 23, 
1855. He graduated at Bangor Theological Seminary in the 
class of 1885, was pastor at Cape Elizabeth, Princeton, and Vas- 
salborough. Me., from which last-named place he came to Wind- 
ham. He was installed pastor here in 1891. 

Mr. Aikins is an active, energetic, liberal-minded man, and, 
while devoted to the interests of the church, he is fully alive 
to all questions relating to the affairs of the town, especially 
to the cause of education, having served several terms as a 
school official. As a preacher, he is earnest and forcible, his 
sermons being more practical than doctrinal ; in his delivery 
he is easy and natural, using but few gestures and always speak- 
ing in a conversational tone. He has a large circle of personal 
friends in this vicinity, and the church has been prosperous 
under his ministrations. 

The parish has a fund derived, in part, from the land set 
apart according to the conditions of the grant in 1735, by which 
they were ordered to "set aside one lot or right to be disposed 
cf for the ministry," In other words, one sixty-third part of 
all the lands in the township was reserved for that purpose. 
But little interest appears to have been taken in regard to the 
lands drawn to the ministry for several years ; at length, how- 
ever, an investigation was made by order of the town, when it 
was found that considerable damage had been done by tres- 
passers, w^ho had cut and hauled away a large amount of pine 
and other valuable timber from the lot. It was, therefore, 
thought advisable to sell the lands and fund the proceeds. 

The first notice we find of the proposed action is the follow- 
ing entry on the town records: 

"At a Town meeting legally warned the Freeholders and 
other Inhabitants of the Town of Windham, met together on 
Tuesday August 14, 1798 at the New Meeting House in sd Town, 
at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and acted on the following 
articles. 

"Voted, Paul Little Esq. be Moderator. 



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"Voted, to sell all the Lands belonging to the ministry in 
said Town, Excepting the one hundred acre Lott No. 5 in the 
first division of hundred acre Lotts in said Town; and the 
money be put to interest for the support of a congregational 
minister in this Town. 

''Voted, Mr. Abraham Anderson, Paul Little, Esq., Mr. 
Josiah Chute, Mr. Thomas Crague, Capt. Thomas Chute, Capt. 
Thomas Barker and Dr. James Paine, be a committee to send a 
petition to the General Court for the above Purposes. ' ' 

After a number of articles in addition to the foregoing were 
disposed of, the meeting adjourned for one week, at which time 
they voted to further postpone the meeting to Tuesday, Aug. 
28, 1798, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. 

"Agreeable to Adjournment," says the old record, "the 
Freeholders, and other Inhabitants of the Town of Windham, 
met together at the time and place named, and acted on the 
following articles Viz: 

"Voted, to sell the Ministerial Lot No. 5 in the first division 
of hundred acre Lots in sd Town. Provided that Peter T. 
Smith Esq., joins in sending a petition to the General Court 
for that purpose. 

"Voted, to adjourn this meeting to Monday next at 2 
o'clock in the afternoon at the new meeting house in sd Town." 

It appears that the freeholders met, according to adjourn- 
ment, but apparently arrived at no definite conclusions, and 
w^e hear nothing further in regard to the matter until Feb. 16, 
1801, when, at a town meeting, it was 

"Voted, to send a man to the Proprietors' Meeting to be 
holden at Boston on the 24th day of this Instant, February 1801, 
to see if the Proprietors will do anything for tlie Congregational 
Society in Windham. 

"Voted, to send Peter Smith, Esq., to agree with the said 
Proprietors. 

"Voted, to improve Peter T. Smith, Esq.. to transact any 
business with the Proprietors at their Meeting to be holden at 
Boston, on the 24th day of February, with Kespect to the Con- 
gregational Society in Windham." 



128 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Mr. Smith attended the Proprietors' meeting, which, accord- 
ing to their records, was held on Feb. 26th, two days later than 
the town record gives it. 

The following appears on the Proprietors' Book of Records: 

"At a meeting held at Hatche's Tavern in Boston, Feb. 
26th, 1801. 

"Voted, that the sum of five hundred dollars, be and hereby 
is granted unto the Congregational Parish in AVindham, to be 
paid as hereinafter mentioned from the funds of the Proprietors. 
That is to say, the interest of such sum shall be annually paid 
to the settled and ordained Minister of said Parish, and for use 
and account, to assist them in defraying the Salary of such 
Minister, and during any vacancy of that office in the said 
Parish, such interest shall be added to the principal sum in 
augmentation of this fund, until the said Proprietors shall vest 
and secure for the benefit of the said Parish and the purpose 
aforesaid an equal sum in some public Bank, or otherwise, of 
which the income shall be api)ropriated to be paid and employed 
as aforesaid. And it is intended that this sum shall remain 
to the first Congregational Parish as now incorporated, and for 
their use solely in case a Division of said Town for religious 
purposes shall hereafter happen." 

After various delays the ministerial lands were sold and the 
money funded, after which the Proprietors fulfilled their part 
of the contract, as we find by their records that 

"At a Proprietors' Meeting held in Boston at the house of 
Oliver C. Wyman, Feb. 16th. 1804. 

"Voted and agreed, that the Treasurer be authorized to vest 
in the Maine Bank in Portland in the County of Cumberland, 
the sum of five hundred dollars, granted by the Proprietors to 
the first Congregational Parish in Windham aforesaid, the in- 
come thereof to be appropriated for the benefit of the said Par- 
ish to aid them in the support of their Minister, according to 
the vote of the Proprietors at their Meeting holden Jan. 26, 
1801." 

The foregoing is the origin of the Windham Ministerial 
fund. It has been increased by donations, notably by a gift 



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of five thousand dollars from the estate of Mrs. Ann (Johnson) 
Walker, a native of Windham, who died Sept. 12, 1889, leaving 
by her will the above legacy to the church for the support of 
the settled minister. The fund is securely invested, and the 
income is regularly paid to the pastor. 

The second religious society to locate in Windham was the 
Friends or, as they are sometimes called, "Quakers." This 
sect originated in England in 1641, its founder being George 
Fox, who was born at Drayton in July, 1624. In about seven 
years the preachers of their faith had increased in number to 
such a degree that no less than sixty appeared in Great Britain ; 
and, before the close of that century, the doctrine was spread 
throughout Europe and America. 

Adherents to their principles first came to New England in 
1656. Here, as well as in old England, they met with cruel 
persecution; nevertheless, we find that, before 1696, they held 
meetings as other Christians for the worship of God on the first 
day of the week; also at other times, as occasion required, in 
Boston, Lynn and vicinity. 

The first Friends' meeting in the State of Elaine was held 
in the upper part of York, in December, 1662, by three women, 
who had been whipped and driven out of Dover, N. H. They 
were Anna Coleman, Mary Thompkins, and Alice Ambrose. 
Soon after, another meeting was held at Berwick. No account 
of any other meeting can be found for more than sixty years, 
when, in October, 1730, one was held by a few families then 
living in Kittery. Between 1740 and 1743, a few families in 
Falmouth (now Portland) having adopted the Friends' doc- 
trine, a meeting was established there, and the rapid spread of 
their peculiar tenets greatly alarmed the Congregational 
churches in this part of Maine. 

Rev. Thomas Smith, in his journal, under date of July 30, 
1740, says: "The church kept a day of fasting and Prayer on 
account of the spread of Quakerism. Mr. Jefferey and myself 
prayed A.M. Mr. Thompson preached. Mr. Allen and Mr. 
Lord prayed and Mr. Willard preached P.M." 

It appears, however, that this effort on the part of the Port- 
land church failed to produce the desired results, as we find 
that, in 1743, Mr. Smith says, under date of July 22d, "Many 
strange Quakers in town." 



!130 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

In 1752, they built a meeting-house near the present village 
of Riverton on land then owned by James Winslow. 

The next regular meeting of this denomination was estab- 
lished at Windham, in 1779, Several families of Friends had 
settled here before this time, as we find by the town records that, 
at a town meeting held Oct. 13, 1774, it was 

''Voted, that all those Persons who call themselves friends 
or Quakers, whom the Head men of that society shall own to 
be of their society shall be Exempted from Paying ministerial 
Taxes." 

Also, at a meeting held in the old fort, March 15, 1775, the 
following "Certificate" was ordered to be inserted in the 
records : 

"Pursuant to an act of the General Court to exempt the 
People called Quakers from paying Ministerial Taxes &c. and 
received in this Town December 26, 1774. We the Subscribers 
being chosen a Committee by the aforesaid Society who meet 
together for Religious worship on the first Days of the week in 
Falmouth, to exhibit a list or lists of the names of such Persons 
as belong to said Society or Congregation, Do certify that Ben- 
jamin Winslow and sons, Stephen Morrel, Daniel Hall, Isaac 
Allen. Jun., William Hall, Jedediah Hall, Andrew Hall of Fal- 
mouth, and Jonathan Hanson, Elijah Hanson, Nathaniel 
Ilawkes, Pelatiah Allen, Ebenezer Hawkes, Amos Hawkes, Chase 
Stevens and Daniel Cook, Do Belong to sd Society and Congre- 
gation, or do Frequently and usually attend with us in our 
meeting for Religious Worship on the first Day of the week we 
believe are of our Persuasion. 

"Signed by Elijah Pope, 

David Purinton, Committee. ' ' 
John Robinson, 

Shortly afterwards, several families professing like religious 
sentiments located here, and in 1793 a "Preparative" meeting 
was established; in 1801, a "Quarterly meeting," and a 
"Monthly meeting," in 1802. 

Their first meeting-house was erected near AVindham Center 
and stood nearly opposite the residence of the late Nathaniel 
Cobb. It was a small one-story building at first, but afterwards 



ECCLESIASTICAL 131 

a two-story addition was built and fitted for an academy, in 
which, for several years, the higher branches of education w^ere 
taught by competent teachers. This was doubtless the first 
school of the kind in town, and we are told that, for several 
years, it was conducted with marked success. We have no means 
of knowing in what year the meeting-house or the academy was 
erected, as no reference to either is to be found in the society's 
records. 

The present large and commodious meeting-house of this 
people is pleasantly located on the main road near the village 
of Windham Center, and but a short distance from the site of 
their ancient tabernacle. It was built in 1849. 

The Friends, in all their history, have been noted for their 
sturdy adherence to the principles inculcated by the founders 
of the sect; hence they bear a positive testimony in favor of 
peace, religious and social liberty, equality of the race, and 
strict honesty in all their dealings. 

Many of their former customs have been somewhat modified 
of late years; and, at the present time, it is a rare thing to see 
a person wearing the peculiar garb that typified the Quaker 
of "ye olden time." The broad-brimmed beaver hat, the drab- 
colored coat and long vest, together with the modest but quaint 
dress invariably worn by the women have given place to gar- 
ments of modern design. A few of the older members still use 
the plain language of their ancestors, but these are rapidly 
passing away, and their places are being filled by young men 
who are fully abreast of the times. In a little while the stately 
and mellifluous "thee and thou," so dear to the early fathers of 
the society, will become a thing of the past, and English, as it is 
now written, will be used instead. 

Several Friend ministers have resided in Windham since 
about the year 1811, among whom are Obadiah Gould, Phebe 
Cobb, Pope Cobb, Lydia Allen, Amos Hanson, Joseph Pratt, 
Eunice Day, Elijah Cook., Phebe L. Pope, John Cartland, Silas 
F". Strout, and Thomas J. Ingram. 0. J. Hoffman is the present 
pastor. Their present membership is 77. 

The Methodists were never numerous in Windham, but they 
had a small meeting-house at Windham Center, erected in 1792. 
This house was abandoned several years ago and was taken 
down. Subsequently, they had one in the south part of the 



132 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

town. It stood on the land of the late Stephen Harris. It was, 
at one time, used as a schoolhouse and afterwards was moved 
to the farm of Jeremiah Brackett and converted into a work- 
shop by his son, ^Melville. At the present time they have no 
house for public worship in town. 

The Free Will Baptist Society in Windham dates from 
about the year 1820. when Elder Clement Phinney. a native of 
Gorham and a great-grandson of Capt. John Phinney, the first 
settler of that town, becoming a convert to the doctrines pro- 
mulgated by Benjamin Randall, the founder of the sect, came 
to this town and held religious services at the house of Josiah 
Little. Being a man of good education and persuasive elo- 
quence, he soon had a large following. 

In 1822, a meeting-house was erected on ]\Ir. Little's farm 
near the Mallison Falls. For several years it was filled to its 
utmost capacity with large and enthusiastic congregations. It 
does not appear that any church was gathered at this time, and 
the excitement seems to have, in a great measure, died out. 

On the first page of their "Book of Records" we find the 
following entry, which speaks for itself: 

"November 4, 1827, a church was organized in Windham, 
Maine, which is called the first Freewill Baptist church in 
Windham and is a member of the Gorham Quarterly Meeting. 
From the time the church was organized to August 17th, 1835, 
there has been no records kept, only a sketch showing that a 
church was organized at the time above named, and also the 
names of those persons who have become members of the 
church, and showing that some members have been dismissed, 
and some have been excluded. No person has taken the pastoral 
care of the church, and but little exertion has been made to 
establish and keep order ; some attempts have been made, but 
to little purpose. The church is now much scattered and the 
prospect very small ; notwithstanding the unfavorable appear- 
ance it is thought best by some to make some exertion and if 
practicable to establish order in the church. To this end a 
Church Meeting was called to be holden at William Bacon's 
Aug. 17, 1835. 

William Bacon, Clerk." 



ECCLESIASTICAL 133 

"Aug. 17th, 1835. Met at William Bacon's for church meet- 
ing agreeably to appointment. Organized by choosing Sargent 
Shaw Moderator. 2d chose William Bacon, Clerk. 3d voted to 
dismiss Sarah Page from the church, at her request, to join with 
a Freewill Baptist church in New Market, N. H. 4th voted to 
Adjourn our meeting to the 31 inst. at the meeting house near 
Horse Beef. 

William Bacon, Clerk." 

The early Freewill Baptist preachers in this vicinity were 
Elders Clement Phinney, Joseph W^hite, Samuel Hathorn, 
Joseph Phinney, Andrew Rollins, Sargent Shaw, Charles Bean, 
Jeremiah Bullock, and David S^vett, none of whom, however, 
were settled as pastors of the church here. It was their usual 
custom to travel from place to place, preaching, visiting 
churches, organizing new ones, and baptizing those who were 
converted under their ministrations. In short, they were the 
avant couriers of the new doctrine ; and as such, in a self-deny- 
ing spirit, gave their earnest endeavors to promote its best 
interests. 

Between 1835 and 1839, Elder E. G. Eaton appears to have 
preached for this church and baptized several candidates. He 
afterwards went to other fields of labor. 

In 18-40, Dr. James M. Buzzell came here and commenced the 
practice of medicine. He was also an ordained minister of the 
Free Will Baptist denomination. Although in a short time he 
had an extensive practice as a physician, he accepted a call to 
become pastor of the church. He was liberally educated, pos- 
sessed an active, inquiring mind, and was gifted with the most 
generous instincts. His pulpit efforts were eloquent and often 
emotional, while, as a physician, he was an unqualified success. 
As a matter of course, he was extremely popular, not only with 
the church, but with the people generally. His fervid style of 
preaching attracted large congregations; and, in a short time, 
old meeting-house was filled to overflowing, and it became neces- 
sary to find other and larger quarters. So, in 1840-1, a lot of 
land was purchased at Little Falls on the Gorham side of the 
river, and a convenient meeting-house was erected, which they 
at once occupied. 

The old tabernacle at Horse Beef that had so often echoed 



134 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

to the eloquent words of the fathers of the denomination was 
left desolate and alone. It stood for several years unoccupied, 
but was finally taken down, and thus passed away the first 
Free Will Baptist meeting-house erected in Windham. 

The General, or Association, Baptist Society was the out- 
growth of a schism that took place in the Free Will Baptist 
churches, principally in York and Cumberland counties, in re- 
gard to an educated ministry, instrumental music, and choir 
singing, with some other minor points of church polity. 

An association was formed chiefly through the influence of 
Dr. Buzzell, who had sometime before this located at Limerick, 
Me., where he established a weekly newspaper called the "Free- 
will Baptist Repository," designed to be the organ of the new 
dispensation. 

Many of the churches were affected by the movement, the one 
at Little Falls among the rest. Some of its most valued and 
influential members favored the new scheme, but the majority 
adhered to the old order of things. The excitement ran high, 
and considerable ill feeling was manifested by both parties. 
This at last culminated at a meeting held April 20, 1847, when 
it was voted to dismiss twenty-nine members to join the associa- 
tion. The names of these seceders were: I. W. Leighton, Robert 
Cobb, E. J. Leighton, Comfort Cobb, Isaiah Hawkes, Vashti 
Cook, Rachel Hawkes, Thomas Smith, Mary L. Shaw, Susan 
Smith, Charlotte Thomas, Thomas Bodge, Russell Cole, Betsey 
Bodge, Elizabeth Cole, Liba Bachelder, Josiah Bodge, Rebecca 
Bachelder, John A. Bodge, Hiram Chase, Lewis Cobb, Mary J. 
Chase, Eliza Ann Dorset, Eliza Cloudman, Susan Williams, 
Esther Sanborn, Lewis Hanson, Reuben Elder, Rebecca Hanson. 

At the same meeting it was 

"Voted, that the Clerk should give them a line, all in one, 
to join the Association." 

This being done, they immediately withdrew ; and, in a short 
time, a church was organized in Windham, of which Hiram 
Chase and Robert Cobb were chosen deacons. For several 
years the new organization flourished under the preaching of 
Elders A. W^. Hobbs, Joseph Whitney, John A. Bodge, Walker 
Parker, Thomas Strout, and Orrison Gamman ; but, in the course 
of time, most of the older members died others moved away, and 



ECCLESIASTICAL 135 

the church became nearly extinct. We have recently been in- 
formed, however, that there is a church of this denomination 
which has a meeting-house in the northern part of Windham, 
where religious worship is maintained each Sabbath under the 
preaching of Rev. George Stevens. 

The Free Will Baptist Church at Windham Center was or- 
ganized in 1878. as we find on the records of the church at 
Little Falls that, on April 16th of that year, they "Voted to 
dismiss the following members to form a Church at Windham 
Center: John T. Fellows, Daniel R. Tukey, Sarah E. Fellows, 
Walter Varney. Ellen Jordan, James Fellows, Ellen Hall, 
Adelia Fellows, Carrie Webb, Edwin IM. Varney, Martha Var- 
ney, Sarah Proctor, W. S. Proctor, Edgar Varney, Anna Whit- 
ney. ' ' 

No difference of opinion ever existed between these people 
and the parent body, and their first pastor. Rev. W. J. Twort, 
ministered to both congregations with good success for several 
jears. After his departure, several ministers of the denomina- 
tion occupied the pulpit for short periods, among them Mr. D. 
F. Small of Falmouth, who preached here for some time to the 
entire satisfaction of the people.- Since his tragic death they 
have had no minister. They have a convenient meeting-house 
at Windham Center, and their membership includes many of the 
best people in that vicinity. 

Universalists 

The records of this society begin on Feb. 8, 1840, when, at 
a meeting of the "First Universalist Society in South Wind- 
ham," held in the schoolhouse in District No. 2, it was 

"Voted, that Capt. James Loveitt be Moderator, 

"Voted, Thomas L. Smith, Clerk, Collector and Treasurer, 
and pay the subscriptions for the support of Rev. Leander Hus- 
sey to him and take his receipt for the same. 

"Voted, that Edmund Boody, Esq., Capt. James Loveitt, 
Gen. Elias Baker, Joshua Hanson and Joseph B. Harding be a 
committee to manage the prudential concerns of the first Univer- 
salist Society. 

"Voted, that James Loveitt, Ezra Brow'n and Charles Purin- 



136 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

ton be a committee to aseertain the cost of a lot for a site for a 
Meeting-house in Little Falls Village, also the size and cost of 
a meeting-house, the cost of pews, and the number persons who 
will subscribe for the same, and make a report of their doings 
to the society as soon as it can be conveniently done. At a 
subsequent meeting, Edward Anderson and William Silla were 
added to the building committee, it therefore consists of five 
members. 

Thomas L. Smith. Clerk." 

Their next meeting was held June 8, 18J;0, at which time the 
following report was made : 

"We, the undersigned, feeling anxious for the promotion of 
religion and morality, and feeling that the same might be 
p;reatly promoted by erecting a house for public worship in the 
Village of Little Falls, or its vicinity ; do agree to unite ourselves 
into a company for the purpose of building such a house as we 
may hereafter think proper; and further agree to establish and 
abide by the following laws. 

"Article 1st. This company shall be called the Little Falls 
Meeting-house company. 

"Article 2d. There shall be as many shares as there are 
pews in the house. 

"Article 3d. The first meeting shall be called by notice 
given by the three first subscribers. 

"Article 4th. There shall be a Clerk chosen, whose duty it 
shall be to make all records of the company when assembled for 
business. 

"Article 5. There shall be a Treasurer to collect all money 
due the company and pay over by the order of a committee. 

"Article 6. There shall be chosen a committee whose duty it 
shall be to purchase a site to set the house upon and attend to, 
and superintend the building of the house as the proprietors, 
or a majority of them may agree. 

"Article 7. Every subscriber shall be holden to pay for as 
niany shares as he subscribes for. 



ECCLESIASTICAL 137 

"Article 8. Each share shall entitle its owner to one vote in 
all business of the company. 

"Article 9. When the house is completed there shall be a 
board of Trustees chosen to take charge of the house." 

The subscribers to the foregoing were : James Loveitt, John 
Webb, Jr., William Silla, Josiah Freeman, Charles E. Purinton, 
S. W. Freeman, Joseph B. Harding, D, W. & Richard Dole, 
George K. Harding. Freeman Harding, Ezra Brown, Jr., Joshua 
Hanson, Nathaniel Harding, Thomas L. Smith, Thomas Bodge, 
Jr., Daniel Libby, Mark H. Stevens, Hall Staples, Henry Kal- 
lock, Josiah i\Ioulton, Edward Anderson, Ebenezer Moulton, 
Sewell Boody, P. Jordan & Jefferson Mabry, Charles W. Hard- 
ing, William Smith, Edmund Boody, Fredrick Smith, Samuel 
Elder, Hiram C. Loveitt, Joseph W. Parker, John Goodale, 
David Purinton, John & N. Anthoine, Enoch White, Sumner 
Waterhouse. 

"At a meeting held June 15, 1840, the following proceedings 
were had. Viz : 

"The meeting was called to order by James Loveitt. 
"Chose James Loveitt, Moderator. 
"Chose Thomas L. Smith, Clerk. 
"Chose William Silla Treasurer. 

"Chose James Loveitt, Ezra Brown, Jr., Chas. E. Purinton, 
William Silla and Edward Anderson a committee to superin- 
tend the building of a meeting-house. 

"Directed the committee to purchase a site to set the house 
upon. 

"Directed the committee to build a house thirty-eight feet 
wide, and forty-eight feet long, with posts seventeen feet high. 

"Voted, to build the house with belfry, steeple, dome and 
spire. 

' ' Directed the committee to finish the house in such a manner 
as they in their judgment may think proper. 

"Directed the committee to assess on the owners of shares 
a tax equal to twenty five dollars on each share, to be paid in 
four equal installments, to the Treasurer, the first installment 



138 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

on the first day of Sept, next, the second, the first day of Oct. 
the third, on the first day of Nov., the fourth, the first day of 
Dec. next." 

Agreeably to the foregoing votes and directions, the com- 
mittee at once purchased a lot on which to build the meeting- 
house at Little Falls, of William E. Brown, for the sum of one 
hundred dollars, said lot being more particularly described in 
Brown's deed to the company, "and said committee have also 
caused a meeting-house to be built and finished in conformity 
to the foregoing votes, said house containing fifty pews. The 
committee estimated the whole cost of the meeting-house and lot 
at fifteen hundred dollars." 

Their book of records contains the following notes in the 
handwriting of Thomas L. Smith, then Clerk of the Society. 

"The Universalist Meeting-house in South Windham was 
raised September 1, 1840. The frame, without the belfry, was 
raised in three hours and ten minutes ; the belfry in two hours. 
No accident occurred. Prayer was made by Rev. Leander Hus- 
sey. The company separated highly gratified after partaking 
of a eolation, and listning to the performance of several 
Anthems on the floor of the meeting house, under the direction 
of Edwin W. Quimby of Westbrook. Samuel Elder was the 
master framer. The meeting house was dedicated to public 
worship May 12, 1841. Rev. George Bates preached the dedica- 
tion sermon. Among the clergymen present were Zenas Thomp- 
f;on, Leander Hussey and Henry H. Baker." 

On May 22, 1841, the committee sold at auction the following 
pews: 

$ cts. 
for 32.50 
40.50 
35.50 
35.50 
39.00 
47.25 
48.00 
44.50 
35.75 
16.75 



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Ezra Brown, 


" 5. 




William Silla. 


" 7. 




Ebenezer Moulton, 


" 9. 




Thomas Bodge, Jr., 


" 11. 




Samuel Elder, 


" 13. 




Charles Loveitt, 


" 15. 




Ezra Brown, Jr., 


" 17. 




Henry Kollock, 


" 19. 




Daniel Libby, Jr., 


" 21. 




David Silla, {y^ pew 



ECCLESIASTICAL 



139 



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To Hiram C. Loveitt, 
David Purinton, 
Sewell Boody, 
Josiah Moulton, 
James Loveitt, 
Charles W. Harding, 
Mark Knight, 
William Silla, 
Freeman Harding, 
J. & J. Parker, 
Mark H. Stevens, 
Sumner & Gardiner Waterhouse, 
Josiah Freeman, 
John Goodale, 
Wm. & Fredrick Smith, 
Charles E. Purinton, 
Jeff. Mabry & G. W. Tukey, 
Edward Anderson, 
J. Frink & E. Libby, 
John Webb, 
John Webb, Jr., 
G. & N. Harding, 
Stephen W. Freeman. 
Hall Staples, 
Edward Anderson. 
Joshua Hanson, 
Thomas L. Smith, 
Strong Cram, 
Richard & D. W. Dole, 
Thomas Webb, 
Enoch White. 



for 32.00 

" 35.00 

" 36.00 

" 35.50 

" 48.00 

" 36.25 

" 25.00 

•' 36.00 

" 38.75 

" 35.50 

" 31.121/2 

" 31.50 

" 37.50 

" 38.00 

" 37.50 

'' 37.00 

" 32.50 

" 32.50 

" 31.50 

" 36.75 

" 35.50 

" 35.25 

" 37.50 

'' 44.00 

". 47.00 

" 44.50 

" 36.00 

" 32.00 

" 41.00 

" 20.00 

" 20.00." 



At a meeting of the proprietors held Feb. 1, 1851, the fol- 
lowing pews were sold. Viz. : 

"No. 14. To Jonathan Hanson, for $14.00 

" 6. " John Frink, " 11.00 
" 26. " Mathias Taylor, (since sold 

to Johnson K. Allen) " 10.00 

1/2 of No. 21 to Mr. D. P. Caswell, " 5.00." 

No. 6 was formerly sold to Mark H. Stevens and No. 14 to 



140 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Charles W. Harding, neither of which were paid for, and the 
title reverted to the proprietors. 

Their first pastor was Rev. Leander Hussey, but the records 
of the society give no information as to when he came here or 
how long he remained as pastor ; neither do we know positively 
who his successor in the pastoral office was, but we think it was 
the Rev. William Bartlett who was here in 1842-3. Later came 

Revs. Goldsmith, , Mass., Henry H. Baker, and 

others whose names are now forgotten, none of whom remained 
for any great length of time. 

During the early years of its history, this Society was pros- 
perous and maintained weekly services for several years, which 
were attended by large congregations of the most influential 
citizens of Windham and vicinity. In the course of time, how- 
ever, a reaction took place, their meetings were suspended, and 
their meeting-house unoccupied except for an occasional service 
for many years. 

Among the ministers who, at rare intervals, visited the 
Society and held a few meetings were William A. Drew, George 
W. Quimby, and H. J. Bradbury. 

In 1871, Rev. S. S. Fletcher of Exeter, N. H. came to South 
Windham and preached several times to the entire satisfaction 
of the Society ; and, at the annual meeting held January 6, 1872, 
it was 

"Voted, that S. S. Fletcher be hired on each alternate Sab- 
bath for one year." 

Rev. Mr. Fletcher first came to South Windham in the fall 
of 1871 and delivered a course of lectures on phrenology and, 
while here, preached to the Universalist people a few times. He 
gave so much satisfaction that he was invited to fill the vacant 
pulpit, which invitation he accepted according to the foregoing 
vote. 

He was an exceedingly eloquent and enthusiastic speaker, 
and that his ministrations were well received is confirmed by the 
following entry in their records, under date of Jan. 1, 1873: 

"The past year has been one noted for the prosperity of our 
Society; Brother S. S. Fletcher of Exeter New Hampshire, has 
supplied our pulpit on each alternate Sabbath for 15 dollars 



ECCLESIASTICAL 141 

per Sabbath, and the Treasurer has his receipt in full payment. 
The Sabbath School has been highly pleased with their Superin- 
tendent, J. 0. Winship, Esq. Teachers and pupils interested, 
bills all paid. The Association met here in Oct. Bro. Gibbs, 
Bro. Bicknell, of Portland, present, and Bros. Thompson and 
Bradbury. ' ' 

Mr. Fletcher closed his engagement with the Society in De- 
cember, 1872, and we find the following entry, under date of 
Dec. 27, 1873: 

"The Universalist Society has had no settled pastor. They 
have employed this year, the following named Preachers, Viz: 
Rev. William A. Drew of Augusta, Rev. Anson Titus of Glouces- 
ter, Rev. Anson Titus of Gloucester, Rev. McKinney of 

Bridgton, Rev. McKinney of Bridgton, Rev. 0. G. Wood- 
bury of Salem, N. H., Rev. Lincoln of Boston, Rev. G. 

W. Bicknell of Portland, Rev. G. W. Bicknell of Portland, Rev. 

G. W. Quimby of Augusta, Rev. Tucker of Biddeford, 

Rev. G. W. Bicknell of Portland, Rev. G. W. Bicknell of Port- 
land, Rev. G. W. Bicknell of Portland, Rev. G. W. Bicknell of 
Portland. During the year 1874, the following named clergy- 
men supplied the pulpit, Viz : Rev. George Bicknell, eight Sab- 
baths, Rev. Dr. George W. Quimby, one and Rev. Mr. McKinney, 
one." 

The next information we find on the records in regard to 
preaching in the meeting-house was, in 1876, when they appear 
to have had services several times between May 26th and Oct. 
17th of that year. The ministers were: Rev. 0. H. Davis, who 
was there on three Sabbaths; Rev. B. H. Davis, one Sabbath; 
and Rev. George W. Bicknell and Rev. G. M. Bodge, each three 
Sabbaths. 

On Jan. 6, 1883, at the annual meeting, it was 

^' Voted, to instruct the Finance Committee to engage Rev. 
C. A. Hay den to preach every other Sunday afternoon through 
the summer of 1883, at ten dollars per Sunday." 

In accordance with the foregoing vote, the services of Mr. 
Hayden were obtained, and he supplied the pulpit through that 
summer. 



142 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

We find that these were apparently the last services held 
until 1891, when the clerk notes, 

"We have had preaching, occasionally, by Rev. E. W. Web- 
ber and others." 

In January, 1893, the Rev. F. L. Payson, then pastor of the 
Universalist church in Westbrook, was hired to preach here 
every Sunday afternoon, which he did until Jan. 21, 1894. Mr. 
Payson was an ideal pastor and was greatly beloved by the 
people of South Windham. During his pastorate a church of 
ten members was organized, which held its first communion 
July 23, 1893. 

On the records we find the following entry, signed by F. H. 
Freeman, Clerk of the Society: 

"I would like to say that the ladies' circle held a very suc- 
cessful sale and fair on Christmas week last, netting about $170. 
In the summer of 1893, we repaired the church, building the 
spire and dome all over new, clapboarding the back end, painted 
it one coat outside, painted and papered the inside, whitewashed 
the ceiling, bought a new carpet and drapery curtains, the circle 
paying some $300 toward the expenses." 

Rev. Mr. Payson was succeeded by Rev. George E. Leighton, 
who preached his first sermon as pastor of the church, on Jan. 
28, 1894. He remained with this people until Dec. 22, 1895, 
when he resigned and went to other fields of labor. 

The next pastor was Rev. Thomas Payne, who came here 
from Rumford, Me., and on i\Iay 3, 1896, assumed the pastoral 
care of the church. He remained here until April 25, 1897. 
He was also at that time pastor of the Universalist Church at 
Westbrook. After his resignation here he continued to preach 
at Westbrook and also supplied at South Portland, but soon 
afterwards went to Massachusetts as pastor of a church. 

From this time, for several years, they had no stated preach- 
ing, and the meeting-house was unoccupied except occasionally. 

In 1907, Rev. William H. Gould, pastor of the Church of the 
Messiah in Portland, assumed the pastoral care of the church at 
South Windham. Mr. Gould was an eloquent preacher, a 
liberal, broad-minded, and genial man, and the church enjoyed 
a season of prosperity under his ministration. Rev. Fenwick 
Leavitt supplies the pulpit at present. 



ECCLESIASTICAL 143 

On Oct. 22, 1908, a fine bell weighing rather more than 
twelve hundred pounds was placed in the belfry of the church 
and was rung the first time, on Sunday, Oct. 31, 1908. It was 
purchased by contributions from all classes of citizens and is 
the first and only church bell in the village. 

The Second Adventist Society 

The founder of this religious denomination was William 
Miller, who, according to his life published in 1841, was born 
in Pittsfield, Mass., Feb. 15, 1782. 

AVhen he was four years of age, his father removed to Hamp- 
ton, Washington County, New York. The country Avas then new, 
and his means of education, until he w^as nine years old, were 
very small. His mother, however, taught him to read, so that, 
when he was sent to the common school, he could read in the 
Bible, Psalter, and an old hymn book, which, at that time, con- 
stituted the whole of his father's library. 

He appears to have attended school from his ninth to his 
fourteenth year and was regarded as a good scholar in the 
branches then taught. 

At the age of twenty-tw^o, he was married and settled in 
Poultney, Vt., where he became acquainted with the deistical 
writings of Voltaire, Hume, Paine, and others of a like nature. 
He studied them carefully and became a professed deist. 

When the War of 1812 broke out, he received a captain's 
commission in the United States Army and served until June 
25, 1815, when the war closed. He then moved to Low Hampton, 
where, in 1816, he was converted from deism to the Christian 
faith and united with the Baptist Church in that place. 

After a careful study of the Bible, he became convinced that 
it should be understood strictly in its literal sense ; and also that 
most of the prophecies were yet to be fulfilled; hence, by a 
course of mathematical calculations based mainly on the books 
of Daniel, Ezekiel, and Eevelations, he claimed that the second 
coming of Christ would take place in April, 1843. So well 
grounded were his convictions in the truth of this theory, that, 
in 1833, he began to give public lectures on the subject. In the 
course of these he visited several New England cities and vil- 
lages, among others Portland, where he delivered a course of 



144 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

lectures in the Caseo Street Christian Baptist Church, and 
many were converted to the new faith. This was in March, 
3 840. 

Mr. Miller lived to old age and died in the faith; but the 
date of his death we have not been able to ascertain. 

The first appearance of his followers in Windham was in 
the winter of 1841-2, when two young men, John and Henry 
Pearson of Portland, converts of ^Ir. Miller, came here by in- 
vitation of the late Josiah Little, who had become interested in 
the doctrine. Their first meetings were held in the old Free 
Will Baptist meeting-house at Horse Beef (now Mallison Falls), 
and afterwards in schoolhouses and private dwellings. These 
men were young, intelligent, and of a most pleasing address 
and persuasive eloquence; hence there were soon a considerable 
number of individuals, who were ready to adopt the doctrine 
they so ably expounded. The Pearson brothers remained here 
nearly all winter and, at times, were assisted in their work by 
Andrew Abbott, a carpenter, Gardiner Rich, a shoemaker, a 
Mr. Varnum, and a big burly old man named Harmon, all of 
Portland. 

In the spring of 1842, the excitement in a measure subsided, 
but the seed had been sown in good ground and bore fruit that 
grew and flourished among a certain class. Josiah Little, John 
Bodge, Jonathan Stevens, Joseph Parker, Andrew Bodge, Elijah 
Emery, Charles Walker, and Benjamin Hooper, with their 
families, became professed believers in the new order of things. 

In the fall of 1842, these men from Portland, reinforced by 
several other preachers, returned to Windham and held meet- 
ings, in which they urged their hearers to be in readiness for 
the last day, which, according to Mr. Miller's calculations, was 
to be April 24th, 1843. The believers waited in confident ex- 
pectation of its fulfillment at the appointed time, but April 
came and went, and day and night succeeded each other, as they 
had from the beginning of creation, to the great disappointment 
of the believers generally. 

A few in Windham and other places did not lose their faith, 
but expected the great event to take place at any time; others 
argued that the "Day of Grace" had passed, or in other words, 
that Christ had closed his mediatorial work, and that henceforth 
none would receive pardon for sin. These were known as the 



ECCLESIASTICAL 145 

"Shut Door Party," and they claimed to be the chosen few 
who would live to w^itness the Lord's second coming. 

These all died in the faith, not having received the promise, 
but fervently hoped for it and continually looked forward to its 
fulfillment. 

Many of their descendants, however, have kept alive the 
faith they inherited from their ancestors, but modified in some 
respects; and, at the present writing (1910), there is in Wind- 
ham an active and prosperous body of Second Adventist be- 
lievers. 

In 1872, a free meeting-house was erected near the residence 
of the late Dea. Hiram Chase, which, at first, was occupied by the 
Adventists and General Baptists. The latter society having 
become extinct in this vicinity, the house has been occupied for 
several years by the former society. 

In June, 1886, a church body was organized, consisting of the 
believers in this vicinity. They have no settled pastor, but 
Rev. Alonzo R. Stevens, a resident minister of the denomination, 
supplies the pulpit part of the time, and they are often visited 
by preachers from other places, so that services are held there 
almost every Sabbath throughout the year. 



CHAPTER VI 

Divisions of the Common Lands. Disputed Boundary. In- 
corporation OF THE Town. Poor Laws. Gen- 
eral Characteristics op the Town 

It will be remembered that the first division of common land 
in Windham consisted of sixty-three ten-acre lots called the 
"home lots;" but, on July 4, 1735, the Proprietors at a meeting 
voted among other things, that 

"Each Home Lot have ten acres more of Land added to it 
(»n the other side of the ^Main Road at the front of sd Lots, and 
to correctly measure on the same lines and the same Breadth 
as they will be when altered according to the foregoing vote, 
and the sd addition to be accepted by and Divided among the 
several Propters of the Lots which are opposite to them. ' ' 

The "foregoing vote" referred to was to correct an error 
of the surveyor in laying out the original lots. Accordingly 
these lots were laid out, but so far as we can ascertain, were 
never regarded as a separate division and were not entered on 
the Proprietors' Records. This addition made the home lots 
one mile long and ten rods wide. 

The next information we find in regard to the common lands 
was on March 1, 1739, when, at a Proprietors' meeting, it was 

"Voted, that there be a further Division of the Common 
Land. 

"Voted, that there be an hundred Acres of Land laid out to 
each (Home) Lott. Each of sd Lotts to bound on Presumscot 
River, in proportion as near as can be, and lay out suitable 
roads through the same, from the Main Road at the head of the 
Home Lotts, in the most convenient manner as may be. 

"Voted, Messrs William Goodwin & John Reed be and hereby 
are appointed a Comtee with full power to lay out said Lotts, 
taking with them a Surveyor and two Chainmen who shall be 
upon Oath for the faithful discharge of their trust, and that 



DIVISION OF LAND, INCORPORATION OP TOWN, ETC. 147 

a plan thereof be Returned to the Proprietors by the latter end 
of July next, in order to their proceeding in drawing said 
Lotts, and the Accts thereof to be laid before the Proprietors 
for their acceptance and payment." 

At the Proprietors Meeting held Nov. 20, 1740, the committee 
reported that they had laid out sixty-three one hundred-acre 
lots as near as might be to the home lots, Viz : 

"Beginning at No. 1 of the Home Lots, at the Large Pine 
Tree marked E. B. 1, and extending along the ]Main Road a 
little west of north, to Pleasant River. ' ' 

These lots contained some of the best farming land in the 
township. No. 1 was afterwards known as the Ray Place and 
has always been regarded as especially valuable. No. 2, known 
first as the Osgood farm, but later owned by Josiah Little, was 
thought to be a choice piece of property, and was granted to 
William Goodwin, in satisfaction for his services as Proprietors' 
Clerk for many years. 

These lots varied in width, according as the course of the 
Presumpscot River gave them a greater or less allowance in 
length. Thus, we find that No. 4, which embraced the lower por- 
tion of Black Brook (so called), was 122 rods wide; while No. 
5, next above, was but 761/2 rods wide. Also a liberal allowance 
was made for brooks, rocky hills, and ponds, in the endeavor to 
make the lots of equal value. 

The upper river lot of this division was No. 9, the northern 
boundary of which was Pleasant River. No. 10 was laid out on 
the opposite side of the ^Main Road, with Pleasant River as its 
northern boundary, and the succeeding lots were run back on 
the road until the home lots were again reached. No. 17 was 
laid out opposite No. 1 and included the farm of the late John 
"Webb, Esq. Then a jump was made to Falmouth (now West- 
brook) line, as that line was originally laid, and No. 18 was laid 
out there. 

Succeeding lots were laid out on the back of the home lots 
just mentioned, Nos. 34 and 35 being bounded by Pleasant 
River ; thus they ran back and forth on the back of the last tier 
of lots from the old Falmouth line to Pleasant River, until 63 
lots were laid out. No. 63 was in the fourth tier of lots, count- 
ing from the Main Road, its northern boundary leaving one lot 
between it and the river. 



148 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

William Goodwin, one of the committee, had charge of the 
work, and William Pote, Jun. was the surveyor. Probably 
Thomas Chute and W^illiam ^layberry were chainmen, and 
doubtless others assisted in the survey. Mr. Pote's plot and 
description bears date of Oct. 22, 1740, and the expense was 
something more than £80. 

The following appears on the Proprietors' records: 

"At a meeting held Dec. ye 4, 1740, Ebenezer Hawkes was 
chosen Moderator for said meeting. 

"Voted, that the Piatt of sixty three lotts of one hundred 
acres each, adjoing on and contiguous to the home settlements 
of our said Township laid out by William Pote, Junr, Surveyor 
and two Chainmen on Oath, Oct. ye 22, 1740, and Returned to 
us by William Goodwin, one of the Comtee appointed to lay out 
the same by a vote of said proprietors passed June ye 5, 1740, 
Be and hereby is accepted as the Second Division of the Common 
Land of the said Township and that every originall Proprietor 
of the Home Lotts shall have one of said Lotts Assigned to him 
or them in severalty, To hold to such originall proprietor and 
to his heirs and Assigns for Ever. The said Lott to be fairly 
drawn according to the number set in said Piatt, and Recorded 
to each Originall Right By Butts and Bounds, in the Proprietors' 
Book of Records, which shall be sufficient for Ever to determine 
each particular Proprietors' property in the Lands aforesaid." 

These lots w^ere drawn according to the above vote, the same 
day, as appears from the further record : 

"The sixty-three one hundred-acre Lotts adjoining on and 
contiguous to the Home Settlements of said Township, laid out 
by William Pote, Jun., and two Chainmen on Oath, and Re- 
turned to the Proprietors by William Goodwin one of the 
Comtee appointed to lay out the same and by them accepted 
Dec. 4th, 1740. 

"No. of Lot. 

No. 1. Draw to Capt. Benjamin Hendly. 

" 2. Allowed to William Goodwin. 

" 3. Drawn to Thomas Frothingham. 

"4. " " John Felton. 

" 5. " "the Ministerial Right. 



DIVISION OF LAND, INCORPORATION OF TOWN, ETC. 



149 



No. 6. Drawn to Samuel Stacey. 

7. ** " Thomas Chute. 

8. " " Francis Bowden. 

9. " " William Maberry. 

10. " " Giles Ireamy. 

11. " " Nathaniel Evans. 

12. " " Capt. John Stacey. 

13. " " John Bailey. 

14. " " Nathaniel Cogswell. 

15. " " John Reed. 

16. " " Mr: Edward Holyoke. 

17. " " William Majory. 

18. " " Jeremiah Allen. 

19. " " Ebenezer Hawkes, Junr. 

20. " " Capt. Joseph Smithurst. 

21. " " James Skinner, Esq. 

22. " " Samuel Brimblecome. 

23. " " William Ingalls. 

24. " " Capt. Andrew Tucker. 

25. " " Jedediah Blaney. 

26. ** " Joseph Griffin. 

27. " " James Ferryman. 

28. " " Moses Calley. 

29. " " Samel Lee. 

30. " " Thomas Bartlett. 

31. " " Nathaniel Bartlett. 

32. " " Robert Hooper. 

33. " " Richard Reed. 

34. " " Isaac Turner. 

35. " " Ebenezer Stacey. 

36. " " Abraham Howard, Esq. 

37. " " Joseph Sweet. 

38. " " Jonathan Proctor. 

39. " " Joseph Blaney, Esq. 

40. " " Joseph Gallison. 

41. " " Benjamin Dodge. 

42. " " Isaac Mansfield. 

43. " " Michael Bowden. 

44. " " The School Right. 

45. " " Calley W^right. 



150 



WINDHAM IN THE PART 



No. 46. Drawn to John Homan. 

47. " " Rev. Mr. Pigot. 

48. " " Benja James. 

49. ** " James Pierson. 

50. " " James Sharrar. 

51. " " The first settled Minister. 

52. " " Capt. Peter Coleman. 

53. " " Richard Dana. 

54. " " Robert Bull. 

55. " " Capt. Robert Parramore. 

56. " " Nathan Bowden. 

57. " " Ebenezer Hawkes. 

58. " " Coin John Palmer. 

59. " " John Oulton, Esq. 

60. " " Nicholas Edgcombe. 

61. " " Humphrey Deverux. 

62. " " Joseph Howard. 

63. " " Thomas Wood." 

Nothing more was done in regard to the common lands in 
New Marblehead until Aug. 1, 1760, when, at a Proprietors' 
nieeting, it was 

"Voted, that there be a further Division of the Common 
Land in the Township." 

This was carried into effect, and the surveyor's report was 
returned to the Proprietors, on January 26, 1763. 

In his history of the town, Thomas L. Smith, Esq., gives the 
number of these lots as 126; but, according to the Proprietors' 
records, they numbered 140. 

The report of the surveyor, as it appears on the records, is 
as follows: 

"To Nathan Bowen, Jeremiah Lee & Isaac Mansfield, Esqrs., 
A Committee of the Proprietors of the Common Land of Wind- 
ham, in the County of Cumberland, Gentm Pursuant to your 
order to me in September last I repaired to that place, and with 
the assistance of William Stinchfield, Benj. Moody & others as 
Chainmen, I have laid out on the Common Land one hundred and 
forty Lotts of one hundred acres each, Exclusive of Water, and 
have numbered the same from one to one hundred and forty. 



DIVISION OF LAND, INCORPORATION OF TOWN, ETC. 151 

according to the plan herewith presented, which several Lotts 
are Butted and Bounded as they are particularly set forth in 
the following Book. 

"Marblehead January 26, 1763, per me Joseph Noyes, Sur- 
veyor. 

"A copy entered on Record by order of the Committee, per 
me William Goodwin, Clerk of the Propers." 

These lots were laid out at the head of the first division of 
hundred-acre lots, having Pleasant River as their southern 
boundary, and extended back and forth from the Presumpscot 
River to Gray line and northerly until the required number was 
made up. They were disposed of by lot, as will be seen by a 
reference to the old records: 



jot No. 


1. Was Drawn to the Proprietors. 




2. 






' Proprietors. 




3. 
4. 






' Proprietors. 
' Proprietors. 




5. 






' Proprietors. 




■ 6. ' 






' Proprietors. 




7. 






' Proprietors. 




8. 






' Proprietors. 




9. 






' Proprietors. 




10. 






' Proprietors. 




11. 






' Proprietors. 




12. 






' Proprietors. 




13. 






' John Reed. 




14. 






' Isaac Turner. 




15. 






' James Pierson. 




16. Drawn 1 


Moses Calley. 




17. 


' Francis Bowden. 




18. " 


* Joseph Griffin. 




19. 


' George Pigot. 




20. 


' Richard Reed. 




21. 


' Jeremiah Allen. 




22. 


' Joseph Gallison. 




23. 


' Abraham Howard. 




24. 


' Joseph Smithurst. 




25. 


' The School Lott, in Lieu of No 




26. 


* Ja 


nie 


3 Sharrar. 



44. 



152 



WINDHAM IN THE PAST 



Lot No. 



27. Was Drawn Ebenezer Hawkes. 


28. 


' John Palmer. 


29. 


' Benjamin Dodge. 


30. 


' Joseph Swett. 


31. 


' The Proprietors. 


32. 


' John Homan. 


33. 


' James Perriman. 


34. 


* Joseph Blaney, Esq. 


35. 


' Benjamin James. 


36. 


' Robert Hooper, Esq. 


37. 


' Robert Bull. 


38. 


' John Stacey. 


39. 


' Galley Wright. 


40. 


' Jonathan Proctor. 


41. 


' Abraham Howard, 1 


42. 


' Robert Parramore. 


43. 


' to the ^Ministry. 


44. 


' Humphrey Deverux. 


45. 


* Ebenezer Stacey. 


46. 


' Isaac i\Iansfield. 


47. 


' Nathaniel Cogswell. 


48. 


' Joseph Howard. 


49. 


' Nathaniel Bartlett. 


50. 


' Benjamin Dodge. 


51. 


' Benjamin James. 


52. 


' Joseph IMajory. 


53. 


' Thomas Bartlett. 


54. 


' First Minister. 


55. " ' 


' James Pierson. 


56. 


' Michael Bowden. 


57. 


' Thomas Chute. 


58. 


' Joseph Gallison. 


59. 


' William Goodwin. 


60. 


' Samuel Lee, Esq. 


61. 


' Robert Bull. 


62. 


' Peter Coleman. 


63. 


• Galley Wright. 


64. 


' Giles Ireamy. 


65. 


' To the School. 


66. 


' Nathaniel Cogswell. 



Esq. 



DIVISION OF LAND, INCORPORATION OF TOWN, ETC. 



153 



Lot No. 



67. Was Drawn The first Minister. 


68. 


' William Ingalls. 


69. 


' James Sharrar. 


70. 


' Jedidiah Blaney, 


71. 


' Richard Reed. 


72. 


' Samuel Brimbleeom 


73. 


' James Perriman. 


74. 


' Robert Hooper, Esq 


75. 


' James Skinner, Esq. 


76. 


' To Proprietors. 


77. 


' Nicholas Edgecombe. 


78. 


' Joseph Swett. 


79. 


' John Homan. 


80. 


' Francis Bowden. 


81. 


' Jeremiah Allen. 


82. 


' William Maberry. 


83. 


' Moses Calley. 


84. 


' John Felton. 


85. 


' Nathan Bowen. 


86. 


' Peter Coleman, 


87. 


' Joseph Howard. 


88. 


' John Oulton, Esq. 


89. 


' Edward Holyoke, Esq 


90. 


' George Pigot. 


91. 


' John Felton. 


92. 


' Thomas Wood. 


93. 


' Ebenezer Hawkes. 


94. 


' Richard Dana, Esq. 


95. 


' Thomas Frothingham. 


96. 


' Andrew Tucker. 


97. 


' Edward Holyoke. 


98. 


' Joseph Smithurst. 


99. 


' Nathaniel Evans. 


100. 


' Joseph Griffin. 


101. 


' Ebenezer Hawkes, Jui 


102. 


' Benjamin Hendly. 


103. 


' To the I\Iinistry. 


104. 


' To the School. 


105. 


' Samuel Brimblecome. 


106. 


' Thomas Wood. 



154 



WINDHAM IN THE PAST 



Lot No. 107. W 


as Drawn Isaac ^Mansfield. 




'' 108. 


" Thomas Bartlett. 




'' 109. 


' " Benjamin Hendly. 




" 110. 


' " Richard Dana, Esq. 




" 111. 


' " Joseph Majory. 




' 112. 


' " Nathaniel Bartlett. 




' 113. 


' " Samuel Stacey. 




' 114. 


' " Nathan Bowen, Esq. 




' 115. 


' " Humphrey Deverux. 




' 116. 


' " Nathaniel Evans. 




' 117. 


' " Thomas Chute. 




' 118. 


' " Giles Iremey. 




' 119. 


' " Isaac Turner. 




' 120. 


' " Joseph Blaney, Esq. 




' 121. 


' " Andrew Tucker. 




' 122. 


' " Joseph Skinner. 




' 123. 


' " William Goodwin. 




' 124. 


' " Nicholas Edgecome. 




' 125. 


' " William Maberry. 




' 126. 


' " Samuel Lee, Esq. 




' 127. 


' " Jedidiah Blaney. 




' 128. 


' " Thomas Frothingham 




' 129. 


' " Robert Parramore. 




' 130. 


' " Ebenezer Stacey. 




' 131. 


' '* Ebenezer Hawkes, Ju 




' 132. 


' " William Ingalls. 




' 133. 


' " John Stacey. 




' 134. 


' " Michael Bowden. 




' 135. 


* " Samuel Stacey. 




' 136. 


' " John Palmer. 




' 137. 


' *' Jonathan Proctor. 




' 138. ' 


' " John Reed. 




' 139. 


' " John Oulton, Esq. 




' 140. 


' "To the Proprietors." 



The foregoing is a correct list of the one hundred and forty 
one hundred-acre lots taken from the Proprietors' "Book of 
Records," from Avhich we learn that fifteen of these lots were 
drawn to or retained by the Proprietors, in their corporate 
capacity. 



DIVISIOiV OP LAND, INCORPORATION OF TOWN, ETC. 155 

From their records we find that, previous to this, they had 
admitted twelve persons as settlers in the township, and their 
agreement with the new comers, which is duly entered on the 
records, is as follows: 

"The Covenant or Agreement with twelve persons admitted 
to settle in the Township. 

"This Indenture made the Twenty Seventh Day of Septem- 
ber Anno Domini One Thousand Seven hundred and Sixty-two, 
By and between the Proprietors of Windham in the County of 
Cumberland and Province of ^Massachusetts Bay in New Eng- 
land, by their Committee, Nathan Bowen, Jeremiah Lee and 
Isaac Mansfield all of Marblehead in the County of Essex and 
Province aforesaid, Esquires, Specially authorized and Im- 
powered by said Proprietors for and in behalf of them, the said 
Proprietors, to make this agreement, On the one part And Ben- 
jamin Wait, Joseph Noyes, Nathaniel Crudeleford, John 
Crocket, Joshua Crocket, Charles Lord, Benj. Moody, John 
Miller and Jethrow Starbird all of Falmouth in the County of 
Cumberland and Daniel Crocket, and William Stinchfield of 
Windham in the County aforesaid and Joseph Stanhope of Sud- 
bury in the County of Middlesex, and each of them on the other 
part. Witnesseth the following agreement. Viz: They, the 
Proprietors aforesaid, by their committee aforesaid, covenant, 
promise and agree to and with the said Benjamin, Joseph, 
Nathaniel, John, Joshua, Charles, Benjamin, John, Jethrow, 
Daniel, William and Joseph and each of them for the considera- 
tions and upon the considerations hereinafter expressed that 
they the said Proprietors shall and will at their own cost and 
charge lay out or cause to be laid out within thirty days from 
the date hereof twelve lots of land, of the common and undivided 
lands of said Town of Windham, each containing one hundred 
acres, to be laid out in the middle of the two next ranges of 
hundred acre lots adjoing to the last range of hundred acre 
lots already laid out, and after said lots are so laid out and 
numbered that they shall be divided among the said Benjamin, 
Joseph, Nathaniel, John, Joshua, Charles, Benjamin, John, 
Jethrow, Daniel, William and Joseph By lot, to be dra^vn by 
them and that each person's name and the number of the lot 
he draws as aforesaid, shall be entered in their, the said Pro- 
prietors' Book of Kecords and that entitles the drawer to the 



156 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

lot he 80 draws, and at the expiration of three years from the 
date hereof upon performance of the conditions hereinafter 
mentioned. That each and every one of the above named per- 
sons, his or their Heirs, Executors and Administrators shall 
have a good warranty deed from the said Proprietors, of the lott 
he draws as aforesaid. To have and to hold the same to him or 
them and his or their Heirs forever. And in case any of the 
above mentioned persons fail in the performance of the condi- 
tions hereinafter mentioned it shall not prejudice any of them 
that do not, and all that do not with respect to their particular 
lott shall have the benefit of this agreement. And in considera- 
tion of the premises the above named Benjamin, Jos., Nathaniel, 
John, Joshua, Charles, Benjamin, John, Jethrow, Daniel, 
William and Joseph, Each of them for himself his heirs 
Executors and Administrators, Covenant, agrees and promises 
to and with the Proprietors aforesaid, by their Committee 
aforesaid. That he or they his heirs Executors or Administrators, 
shall and will within the space of thirty days after it shall be 
laid out and divided by lott as aforesaid, enter upon the lott 
which falleth to him, and within three years from the date 
hereof clear seven acres of his said lott, build a house of seven- 
teen feet square at least and settle a family upon it. And each 
of the above named twelve persons doth further covenant as 
aforesaid with the Proprietors as aforesaid to pay for his lott 
of land that falleth to him by lot as aforesaid: One hundred 
dollars in one year from the date hereof without interest, or if 
he do not pay at or before the expiration of said year he will 
allow interest for that sum until he does pay it. 

"And in witness of the above written agreement the Pro- 
prietors aforesaid by their committee aforesaid as also the above 
named Benjamin, Joseph, Nathaniel, John, Joshua, Charles, 
Benjamin, John, Jethrow, Daniel, William and Joseph, and each 
of them for himself, his heirs. Executors and Administrators, 
have hereunto interchangably sett their hands and seals the 
Day and Year above written. 

"Sign'd Seeal'd and Benjamin Wait, [seal] 

Deliv'd in the presence of Joseph No yes, [seal] 

Joseph Noyes, Tho. Smith, Nathaniel Cruddiford, [seal] 
Jun. his 

John X Crocket, [seal] 

mark 



DIVISION OF LAND, INCORPORATION OF TOWN, ETC. 157 

"Sign'd Seal'd and Joshua Crocket, [seal] 

Deliv'd by Benj. Moody in Charles Lord, [seal] 

the presence of John Hig- Benjamin Moody, [seal] 

ginson, Edmund Kimball. John Miller, [seal] 

his 

Jethrow X Starbord, [seal] 

mark 

William Stinchfield, [seal] 

his 

Daniel X Crocket, [seal] 

mark 

Joseph Stanhope, [seal] 

"A true copy 

William Goodwin, Clerk. 

The last division of the common lands in Windham consisted 
of sixty-three seventy-acre lots. They adjoined the last division 
of one hundred-acre lots and were bounded westerly by Sebago 
Lake, northerly by Raymond line, easterly by Gray line, and 
southerly by the aforesaid hundred-acre lots. 

The Disputed Boundary and its Final Settlement. Petition 
for and Act of Incorporation 

Boundary lines have been a fruitful source of trouble in all 
the history of our race. Not only do we find this to be a fact 
as regards nations, but even individuals and insignificant town- 
ships are sometimes engaged for years in a controversy over a 
few acres of comparatively worthless territory, the actual value 
of which is less than the cost of an adjustment. 

The settlers of New Marblehead found themselves confronted 
by a boundary dispute at the very outset. It will be remem- 
bered that the surveyor's report says, "We began at a place 
called Sacaripy. in Presumpscot River." His reason for begin- 
ning at that point was probably caused by the somewhat 
ambiguous language of the grant or through ignorance of the 
true line of ancient Falmouth. However, no sooner was his 
report accepted by the Great and General Court and the grant 
confirmed to the Proprietors of New ]\Iarblehead. than the in- 
habitants of Falmouth, which then included the present cities 



158 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

of Portland and Westbrook. and also what is now the town of 
J'almouth, claimed the land from the point of the survey to 
Inkhorn Brook and forthwith served the Proprietors of New 
Marblehead with a notice to quit, on which notice they appear 
to have taken no action for sometime. 

The first notice we find concerning the matter recorded in 
the Proprietors' book was, on Aug. 25, 1735, when it was 

''Voted, that the affair of the Boundary lines between the 
Tract of Land and the Towns of Falmouth and North Yarmouth 
be defered till further Consideration." 

But the trouble was by no means settled by this off-hand 
action, so, at a Proprietors' meeting held on Dec. 11, 1735, the 
Bubjeet again came up for discussion, and it was 

"Voted, that the Great and General Court be petitioned for 
the Effectual Establishing the Bounds and line between the 
Towns of Falmouth and North Yarmouth and the Tract of Land 
granted to the Proprs or Grantees. 

"Voted, that the Present Comtee Viz: John Oulton, Esq., 
Abraham Ploward, Esq., Joseph Blaney, Esq., Mr. Nathan 
Bowen and AVilliam Goodwin be and hereby are Inpowered in 
the name and behalf of the Proprs or Grantees to Petition the 
Great and General Court to appoint some suitable persons to 
Establish & settle the Boundary line between sd Tract of Land 
and the head line of Falmouth and North Yarmouth, and that 
the same may be forwarded as soon as may be. ' ' 

Apparently, nothing was done in regard to the matter at 
the time, and, on Sept. 1st, the Proprietors passed a similar vote, 
of which no notice was taken. 

The boundary line thus remained an open question until 
June 5, 1761, when the Proprietors again 

"Voted, that Messrs. Nathan Bowen, John Wight, and John 
Ingalls, or any two of them be a Comtee to Prefer a Petition to 
the Great and General Court (now sitting) to order the settling 
of the boundary lines betwixt this Town and the Towns of Fal- 
mouth and North Yarmouth, and settle the same. ' ' 

This committee attended to their duty, with the result that, 
after mature deliberation, the Court passed the following act on 
November 26th, 1761. It is called 



DIVISION OF LAND, INCORPORATION OF TOWN, ETC. 15D 

"The Settlement of the Bounds Betwixt the Town of Fal- 
mouth and this Township. 

"In Council November 26, 1761. 

"Upon the petition of Nathan Bowen and others, Grantees 
of a Township called New ]\Iarblehead in the County of Cum- 
berland and the report of a committee of the General Court, 
thereupon Resolved and Ordered that the bounds between the 
said Township of New Marblehead and the Towns of Falmouth 
and North Yarmouth, be as follows, Viz: Beginning at a White 
Ivock, by the waterside in Casco Bay, and running northwest 
ninety five rods to the stump of a red oak tree which was 
formerly marked F. and from thence northwest on the line 
between the Town of Falmouth and North Yarmouth, eight 
miles to a pine tree marked F, for the northeast corner of the 
said Town of Falmouth, and from thence and the line between 
said town of Falmouth and the said town of New Marblehead 
to run on a straight line, to come fifteen rods eastw^ard of a brook 
called Inkhorn Brook, below the mouth of said brook where it 
enters into Presumpscot River, To run again from said pine 
tree back on the line of Falmouth ninety five rods to the south- 
east corner of North Yarmouth being a stake; and from thence 
northeast three miles on tlie bounds between North Yarmouth 
and New Marblehead to the line of New Boston, and that the line 
between New^ ]\Iarblehead and the Towns of Falmouth and North 
Yarmouth be fixed and established as before mentioned. 

"Sent down for concurrence. 

A. Oliver, Sec. 

"In the House of Representatives, Nov. 27, 1761. Read and 
Concurred. 



"Consented to, 
"Copy Ex. per 
"A true Copy attest. 



Jame Otis, Speaker. 

Francis Bernard. 

In. Cotton, Dep. Secry. 

William Goodwin, Clerk." 



Thus this troublesome affair was finally settled without the 
intervention of armed forces by either party, which, as an old 



160 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

tradition relates, was at one time threatened; and although 
Windham lost a large tract of territory, the inhabitants accepted 
the award of the General Court like true and loyal citizens, 
and peace and prosperity have reigned along our borders since 
that far off year, 1761. 

The next move on the part of the Proprietors of New Marble- 
head was to have the township incorporated, and we find that, 
at a meeting held on June 5, 1760, it was 

"Voted, that Messrs. Nathan Bowen, John Wight and John 
Ingalls, or any two of them, be a Comtee to Prefer a Petition 
to the Great and General Court, (now sitting) Prajing that 
they would please to Incorporate the Inhabitants of said Town- 
ship into a Town or District, and that the Grant of said Town- 
ship may be Confirmed to the Grantees, or their heirs, or to such 
Grantees as have fulfilled the Conditions of the Grant." 

Accordingly, the committee above-named presented the fol- 
lowing petition: 

' ' Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England. 

"To his Excellency Francis Bernard, Esq., Governor in 
Chief. To the Honble his Majesties Council and House of Rep- 
resentatives of said Province. 

"Humbly Sheweth The Grantees of a Township Called New 
Marblehead in the County of Cumberland, That in Obedience to 
the Order of this Honble Court in October A.D. 1758, they sent 
to said Township Messrs. John Wight and Samuel Turner with 
orders to take an Exact Account of the State of sd Township, 
and the Progress made by each Grantee towards a Settlement, 
who made Report upon Oath, which was laid before this Honble 
Court, whereby it appears that twenty nine of the Grantees 
have settled Families there. The other Grantees tho, all of 
them (but No. 4 Drawn by George Pigot) have cleared Land 
on their Respective Lotts, have not settled Families there. By 
which neglect, the few families there have been Exposed to great 
Difficulties. That this small settlement have for many years 
past dwelt there without any Settled Gospel Ministry or any 
Civil Government among them. That the Grantees find it 
necessary that a further Division of a Lott of one hundred acre 
I>otts be laid out there, which cant be effected with any degree 



DIVISION OF LAND, INCORPORATION OF TOWN, ETC. 161 

of certainty until they Obtain a settlement of the boundary lines 
betwixt said Grant and the Towns of Falmouth and North Yar- 
mouth on which they join; which they apprehend cannot be 
Effected but by the aid of this Honble Court. Wherefore the 
said Grantees Humbly pray your Excellency and this Honble 
Court. 

"First: That the twenty nine Settled numbers, be Con- 
firmed to the Respective Grantees and their heirs, and the Non 
Settlers be Compelled, as soon as may be, to Complete their 
Settlement. 

"Second. That the said Boundary Line may be ordered, 
and 

"Third. That the Inhabitants there may be Incorporated 
into some form of Government, and as the Original Home Lotts 
were laid out but ten acres (to make the Settlement more Com- 
plete and Defeneible) which has greatly hurt and Discouraged 
the said Settlement, Your Petitioners now pray that the Non 
Settlers may be Compelled to settle on said ten acre Lotts, each 
of them having an hundred acre Lott adjoining to the said Home 
Lotts, already laid out, which will better suit them and serve 
the Township in general. 

"All of which is Submitted by your Excellency and Honors 
Most Humble Servants. 

Nathan Bowen, 
John Wight, 
John Ingalls. 

"And the said Comtee beg leave to further Inform your 
Excellency and Honors. That in the Original Grant of the said 
Township a Right thro the Township was Reserved for the first 
settled ^linister. Another for the Ministry and a third for the 
School. The first became the Property of the Rev. ^Ir. Wight, 
Deceased, as first Minister ; The Second in its present Rough 
and uncultivated State can be of Little use to the next Minister, 
at least for sometime, as the property will not be his. That the 
School Lott, No. 44, in the body of the 100 acre Lotts, already 
laid out, lays near the Centre of the said Lotts and where the 
settlements are most likely to be made, and therefore mos suit- 
able for the Meeting house and Commodious for the next Min- 



162 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

ister, if it be had for that purpose. Wherefore They pray That 
the said Grantees, or your Petitioners, their Committee, may be 
Impowered to transfer the said 100 acre Lott, No. 44, to the use 
afforesaid, saving four acres to Lay in Common for a Meeting- 
house, School-house, Burying place and other public use, and 
if your Excellency and Honors should think the Residue of the 
said School Rights; which will be near 300 acres, should be 
insufficient for that purpose, your Petitioners will take care that 
at their laying out the next Division a like quantity of Land 
shall be laid out and assigned to the said School Right as an 
equivalent thereto. 

"All of which is Hunbly Submitted. 

Nathan Bowen, 
John Wight, 
John Ingalls." 

Accompanying this petition was the following list of the 29 
lots that were settled in New Marblehead in 1759, with the 
names of the original grantees, and also the names of those who 
settled them, taken by John Wight and Samuel Turner : 

"Lot Original Grantee Settled by 

3. Robert Parramore Maxwell & Mayberry 

5. ^lichal Bowden Ephraim Winship 

6. Samuel Stacey, 3d Gershom Winship 

7. Ebenezer Hawkes, Jr. Joseph Starling 
]0. Thomas Wood John Bodge 
12. Thomas Chute Curts Chute 

]G. James Sharrar John Manchester 

19. Joseph Majory Thomas Mayberry 

21. John Stacey Samuel Webb 

22. Richard Reed Samuel Mathews 

23. John Bayley Seth Webb 

26. James Perryman William ]\Iayberry 

27. Moses Calley Richard Mayberry 
30. Nathan Bowen John Farrow 

32. Abraham Howard Stephen Manchester 

38. Benjamin James, Jr. Abrm Anderson 

42. Isaac ^lansfield Thomas Chute 

44. Joseph Howard Zerubbabel Hunniwell 



DIVISION OF LAND, INCORPORATION OF TOWN, ETC. 163 



46. 


Samuel Briniblecombe 


William Elder 


47. 


Joseph Griffin 


John Stevens, Jr. 


48. 


Joseph Smithurst 


John Stevens, Senr, 


49. 


William Ingalls 


Micker Walker 


51. 


John Felton 


Hugh Crage 


52. 


Joseph Blaney, Esq. 


Thomas Bolton 


53. 


Andrew Tucker 


William Bolton 


55. 


Nath. Evans 


Robert Muckford 


57. 


William Mabery 


John Mabery 


58. 


William Goodwin 


Elezear Chase 


61. 


Giles Ivimy 


Caleb Grafton." 



The following is the action of the General Court in reference 
to the foregoing petition : 

"In Council January 8, 1761. 

Eead and ordered, That John Chandler, Esq., with such as 
the Honble Court shall join, be a Committee to take this Petition 
under Consideration, and Eeport what they judge Proper for 
the Court to do thereon. 

"Sent down for Concurrence. 

A. Oliver, Secry. 

"Read and Concurred, and Col. Clap and Major Gushing 
are joined in the affair. 

James Otis, Speaker." 

Report of Committee on the Above Petition 

"The Committee to whom was referred the within Petition, 
humbly report as their opinion that the Rights belonging to the 
twenty nine persons in the annexed List be confirmed to them, 
their heirs and Assigns forever, and that the Plantation be 
Erected into a District. That the other Originall Admitted 
Settlers, or those who hold under them, being thirty one, be 
allowed one year from this time to Comply with the Conditions 
of the Grant, and such of them as do not, their supposed share 
or Rights Revert to the Province, and be Disposed of as this 
Court shall order. That a Committee be appointed, at the 
charge of the petitioners, to fix and ascertain the Bounds of 
the Plantation adjoining the Towns of Falmouth and North 



164 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Yarmouth, They giving proper notice of their meeting for 
that purpose, and the School Lott, No. 44, be apportioned for 
the Encouragement of the next Ordained Minister among them ; 
Reserving four acres thereof, for Erecting a Meeting-house in 
and for other public uses, and that previous to laying out any 
further division, a hundred acres of Good Land be laid out 
for the use of the School in Lieu of said Lott No. 44. 

Per order of the Comtee 

John Chandler. 

"In Council January 20th, 1761, Read and Accepted, and 
ordered that Richard Cutt, Esq., with such as the Honorable 
House shall join, be a Comtee to run the lines mentioned in said 
Report. 

"Sent down for Concurrence, 

A. Oliver, Secry. 

"In the House of Representatives January 20th, 1761, Read 
and Concurred, and Mr. Bradbury and Doet Sayer are joined 
in the affair. 

"Consented to. 

Francis Bernard. 

"Copy Examined pr. Inc. Cotton, Dept Secry." 

Massachusetts Archives, Vol. 117, pp. 431-3. 

Having at length settled all preliminaries and taken ample 
time for consideration, the Great and General Court granted 
the prayer of the Proprietors and passed the following act of 
Incorporation : 

"Anno Regis Georgii Tertii Secundo. 

[seal] 

"An Act for Incorporating the Plantation Called New 
Marblehead in the County of Cumberland into a Town by the 
name of Windham. AVhereas it is represented to this Court 
bj' the Grantees of the plantation called New Marblehead in 
the County of Cumberland, that the Inhabitants thereof labor 
under many inconveniences by their not being incorporated 
into and invested with the powers and privilegs of a town. 



DIVISION OF LAND, INCORPORATION OF TOWN, ETC. 165 

Therefore, Be it enacted by the Govenor, Council and House 
of Representatives, That the whole of the said plantation, 
bounded as follows Viz: Beginning at a pine tree marked F. 
standing Eight miles and ninety five Rods North west, from 
a White Rock by the Waterside in Casco Bay for the Northerly 
Corner of the Town of Falmouth, and from thence to run on 
a straight Line to come fifteen Rods to the Eastward of a Brook, 
called Inkhorn Brook, below the ]\Iouth of sd Brook, where it 
enters into Presumpscot River. To run again from sd Pine 
Tree back on the Line of Falmouth ninety five Rods to the 
Westerly Corner of North Yarmouth, being a Stake, and from 
thence North East, three miles, on the back of North Yarmouth 
to the Line of the Township called New-Boston. Westerly on 
the sd Presumpscot River to a greate Pond called greate Sebago 
Pond. Thence North East four miles & 120 Rods, thence South 
East to North Yarmouth back line ; Be and hereby is Erected 
into a Town by the name of Windham. And that the Inhabit- 
ants thereof be and hereby are invested with all the Powers, 
Privileges & Immunities that Towns in this Province by Law 
do, or may enjoy, and that Enoch Freeman Esqr be and hereby 
is Impowered to Issue his Warrant directed to some principal 
Inhabitant of sd Town requiring him to Warn the Inhabitants 
of sd Town qualified by Law to Vote in Town affairs to Assemble 
at Such time & place as he Shall appoint, then & there to Choose 
all Needful Town Officers, to remain and act till their Annual 
Town Meeting in March next, and the said Inhabitants So Con- 
vened shall be & hereby are Authorized and Impowered to choose 
such officers accordingly. Provided Nevertheless, that all 
Province & County Tax's already laid on the sd Inhabitants 
Shall be Collected & paid in the same manner as tho this Act 
had not been made. 

June 11, 1762. 
' ' This bill having been read three several times in the House 
of Representatives Passed to be enacted. 

TiMY RuGGLEs, Speaker. 

June 11, 1762. 
"This Bill having been read three several times in Council, 
Passed to be enacted. 

A. Oliver, Sec. 



166 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

June 12th, 1762. 
"By the Governor, I consent to the enacting of this bill. 

Fran. Bernard." 

On receiving the act of incorporation, the inhabitants of 
Windham at once made preparations to hold their first meeting 
as a distinct municipality. The General Court had directed 
Enoch Freeman, Esq., to issue his warrant for that purpose; 
but, for some cause, he failed to do so, and the following appears 
on the first Book of Windham Town Records. 

[seal] 

"Pursuant to Warrant directed to Mr. Thomas Chute, 
Gentleman, you are hereby Requested in his Majesties Name 
to Notify and Warn the Inhabitants duly qualified to vote in 
Town affairs, to Convene at the Garrison house in Windham 
aforesd on Monday the fifth day of July next at 10 o'clock in 
the forenoon, to choose the proper officers as the Law directs. 

Stephen Longfellow^, 

Justice Peace." 

July 5, 1762. The freeholders and other inhabitants having 
been duly Notified, in conformity to the Province orders, 

"Voted, Vizt: 1st. Mr. Abraham Anderson, present Mod- 
erator for sd Meeting. 

2d. "Voted, Thomas Chute, being present, Clerk. 

3d. "Voted, Caleb Graffam, Lieut. Thomas Mayberry, and 
Mr. John Farrow Select-men for said Town this present year. 

4th. "Voted, Mr. Abraham Anderson be Town Treasurer 
for this present year. 

5th. "Voted, William Elder be Constable this year ensuing, 

6th, "Voted, that Simon Noyes be Sealer of Waits and 
Measures, 

7th, "Voted, that Mr, Caleb Graffam and Joseph Starling, 
shall be wordens and Tything men this present year. 

8th, "Voted, that John Bodge and John Stevens, shall be 
fence viewers this present year. 



DIVISION OF LAND, INCORPORATION OF TOWN, ETC. 167 

9th. "Voted, that Stephen Manchester and Hugh Crague 
be field drivers this year." 

In 1789 and 1790, there were 188 persons who paid a county 
tax ; and, in the latter year, the number of inhabitants was 938. 
In 1800 they had increased to 1.329; in 1810, to 1,630; in 1820, 
10 1,793; in 1830, to 2,186; in 1840, to 2,274. In 1850 the re- 
turns gave the number of inhabitants in town as 2,380 ; in 1860, 
as 2,635; and in 1870, as 2,426. The census of 1900 gives the 
inhabitants of Windham as numbering 1,929 ; and that of 1910. 
as 1,954. 

From the incorporation in 1762, until 1789, the town meet- 
ings were held in the old Province Fort; but, as the first division 
of one hundred-acre lots were settled, it became necessary to 
find quarters to accommodate the increased numbers of voters. 

On March 30, 1789, the annual meeting w^as held, according 
1o notification, "In the Schoolhouse, near Joseph Winslow's. " 
This house stood on, or very near the site of the present school 
building at Newhall and was used as a town hall, except on rare 
occasions, until 1796, when the meeting-house was used for that 
purpose. This edifice stood near the residence of the late 
Thomas L. Smith, Esq., and was the most capacious building 
then in town. In 1811, the Friends' meeting-house, which stood 




Town House 



168 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

nearly opposite the brick dwelling house of the late Nathaniel 
Cobb, was obtained, and here the town 's business was transacted 
for several years. 

The first notice we find on the old records relating to a town 
hall is, on April 5, 1814, when it was 

"Voted, to Build a Town house for to do the Town's business 
in." 

Nothing whatever appears to have been done in relation to 
the above vote for nearly twenty years, or until 1833, when the 
present Town House was erected in the village of Windham 
Center. The building is of brick and is fifty feet long by forty 
feet wade, with thirteen feet walls ; and is fitted with a fire-proof 
safe, and other modern conveniences for the transaction of the 
town's business. 

The town also owns a large and valuable farm near the 
Center, on which is the almshouse for the support of the poor. 
Before the farm was purchased for this purpose, the selectmen 
used to let out the poor to private individuals to maintain at 
so much per year; or, in other words, they sold them at public 
auction to the one Avho would take them at the lowest possible 
price. 

The first notice we find of an application for relief occurs 
in the warrant for the annual town meeting, in ]\Iarch, 1771, the 
22nd article of which was: 

"To see what method the Town will take to support Ruth 
Hall and her children, who hath made application to us for 
Eeleaf." 

We have no means of knowing what action w^as taken in 
regard to the article, as nothing further appears on the 
records. Some time previous to 1795, one Hannah Starbird 
appears as a town charge, and, at the town meeting on April 
6th of that year, it was 

"Voted, to set Hannah Starbird up at Vandue to the lowest 
bidder per month, till the Town can find some other Town she 
I'roperly belongs to, and that the above written vote be allowed. ' ' 

Also "Voted, that John Robertson be allowed six shillings 
per month for keeping Hannah Starbird for the future." 



DIVISION OF LAND, INCORPORATION OF TOWN, ETC. 169 

Thomas L. Smith, in his "History of Windham," says here, 
"Exit Hannah Starbird." However, Mr. Smith labors under 
a grave mistake; as, according to the old town records, she re- 
mained very much in evidence for several years later. 

On April 3d, 1797, it was "Voted, to allow Nathaniel Mug- 
ford two Dollars for keeping Hannah Starbird in the year 
1796." 

At the town meeting held on April 2, 1798, she was set up 
at vendue, and the following is the disposition made of her at 
that time : 

"Mr. Thomas Crague bid off Hannah Starbird for three 
schillings per week, and is to find said Hannah, sufficient victuals 
and to keep her clothes as good as they are now, as long as she 
Tarry s with him." 

At the same meeting, it was ' ' Voted, not to allow Capt. Jona- 
than Loveitt 's account for keeping Hannah Starbird. ' ' 

She makes her "exit" from the Windham records, on April 
1, 1799, when the assembled wisdom of the town "Voted, not to 
allow William ^Mayberry, Jr's, account for keeping Hannah 
Starbird." Neither history or tradition gives us the least hint 
of her final end. 

We find nothing more on the old records concerning the 
town's poor until April 7, 1817. At a meeting held on that date, 
it was 

"Voted, that the Poor be put up to vendue to be Struck off 
to the Lowest Bidder." 

At the adjournment of the above meeting, on May 5, 1817, 
the town appears to have held a wholesale pauper auction, as 
follows : 

"Voted, that Luce, a Negro girl, be put up to vendue, to be 
struck off to the lowest bidder, and was struck off to Dr. James 
^Merrill, he being the lowest bidder, for thirty six dollars. 

"Voted, that Abigail Trickey, a white woman, be put up to 
vendue, to be struck off to the lowest bidder, and was struck 
off to Jonathan Hanson, for sixty one dollars, he being the lowest 
bidder. 

"Voted, that Thomas Barker and Family be put up to 



170 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

vendue, to be struck off to the lowest bidder, and was struck 
off to Timothy Hanson, for one hundred and fifty dollars, he 
being the lowest bidder." 

At the adjournment of the annual meeting, May -4, 1818, the 
following votes were passed: 

"Voted, that Luce, a Negro woman be put up to vandue, 
and struck off to the lowest bidder, and was struck off to Reuben 
Robinson for Forty nine dollars, he being the lowest bidder. 

"Voted, that Abigail Trickey be put up at Vandue, and 
struck off to the lowest bidder and struck off to Timothy Hanson 
for Eighty dollars, he being the lowest bidder. 

"Voted, that the Select-men purchase, or hire a piece of 
land for Wm. Young and family. 

"Voted, that Thomas Barker & wife & five children be put 
up to vandue and struck off to the lowest bidder, and was struck 
off to Timothy Hanson, for one hundred and sixty nine dollars, 
he being the lowest bidder." 

At a town meeting, held Nov. 2, 1818, it was 

"Voted, that the Overseers of the Poor build John Mugford 
a house on the land said Mugford now lives on." 

Also, "Voted, that the Selectmen repair John Chase's house 
and chimney." 

Evidently the better part of the citizens were beginning to 
show signs of dissatisfaction with the manner in which the 
unfortunate poor were disposed of each year, and we find that, 
at the above meeting, it was 

"Voted, that a committee to see what method is best for the 
support of the poor consist of five, with the Overseers of the 
poor. 

"Voted, Timothy Hanson, Thomas Little, Nathan Goold, 
Esq., Nathan Pope and Abraham Anderson, be the above com- 
mittee. ' ' 

At the adjournment, held May 3, 1819, the above committee 
reported as follows: 

"That we have duly considered the subject, and are of the 
opinion, that it is best for the overseers of the poor, to put out, 
all or such part of the poor children in the Town that they can 



DIVISION OF LAND, INCORPORATION OF TOWN, ETC. 171 

find suitable places for, so far as the interests of the Town re- 
quire it, and the Town to buy a farm for to place the remainder 
of the poor on under an Overseer if practicable, all of which we 
humbly submit. 

Timothy Hanson, Recorder. 

''Voted, to accept the report of the Committee. 

"Voted, to choose a Committee of Three to purchase a farm 
for to put the poor on under an Overseer. 

''Voted, Capt. Thomas Little, Robert Estes and Nathan 
Groold, Esq., be the above Committee, and make report to the 
Selectmen and the Selectmen to call a Town meeting. 

"Voted, that the Selectmen dispose of Thomas Barker and 
his family. 

"Voted, that Luce, a Negro w^oman, be put up at Vandue 
and struck off to the Lowest bidder, and struck off to Robert 
Estes, for thirty Eight Dollars, he being the lowest bidder. 

"Voted, that Abigail Trickey be put up to Vandue, and 
struck off to the lowest bidder, and w^as struck off to Thomas 
Millins, for Ninety Dollars, he being the lowest bidder. 

"Voted, that the Selectmen put out the rest of the poor, to 
the best advantage for the Town." 

The foregoing vote in regard to Thomas Barker and his 
family seems to have a sort of "off with his head" flavor about 
it; and, save that he turns up at the next annual meeting, we 
might be left to infer that the Selectmen fulfilled their instruc- 
tions to the bitter end. 

At a meeting held in the Friends' Meeting-house April 10, 
1820, it was 

"Voted, to put Black Luce, up to vandue, to be struck off 
to the lowest bidder, and was struck off to John Mayberry for 
thirty Eight Dollars, he being the lowest bidder. Voted to 
refer Thomas Barker to a Committee." 

So far as can be learned, this was the last time the paupers 
were "put up to Vandue," in Windham. 

Shortly after this the farm near the Center was purchased ; 
and, in the course of time, the old-fashioned farmhouse then 
standing on the premises was torn down, and the present large 



172 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

and commodious dwelling was erected in its stead. Here those 
who are unable to provide for themselves enjoy all the comforts 
of a well-ordered home, and the care which these unfortunates 
receive is highly creditable to the good old town. 

The grantees named their township New Marblehead. in 
honor of the parent town, where most of them belonged ; and 
we find from the records that they held at least four plantation 
meetings before the incorporation, and that the territory was 
then called New ]\Iarblehead. 

When, on June 11. 1762, the Great and General Court of the 
Province of Massachusetts passed an act incorporating said 
plantation, it received the name of Windham, though for what 
reason, or who suggested the name we do not know. Smith, in 
his town history, leaves us to infer that it was named from 
Wymondham, a town in Norfolk, Eng., but we have no means 
of knowing whether this is correct or not, so we leave the ques- 
tion for future historians to decide, and can only express our 
personal wish that our ancestors had retained the original 
name of New Marblehead. 

Windham was the sixteenth town incorporated in the State 
of Maine and had. at that time, as we have seen, thirty-nine 
families then living here. These increased each year until 
1860, in which year there were two thousand six hundred and 
thirty-five inhabitants in town. 

The principal business of the inhabitants is that of farming. 
I'he land, for the most part, is exceedingly fertile and easily 
cultivated, the chief crops raised being hay in large quantities, 
corn, other grain of various kinds, potatoes, and other vegetables. 
In the central and easterly parts of the town are many apple 
orchards, which annually yield the owners good profits. Large 
numbers of neat cattle, including cows of high grade, are kept, 
and dairying is fast becoming an important branch of business 
among our farmers. Horses are numerous, and several pairs 
of fine oxen are now owned here. Sheep raising, which our 
farmers formerly considered a profitable business, has become 
almost a lost art, and but very few flocks are now to be found, 
where once they were kept in large numbers. 

Windham has been very fortunate in never having suffered 
from sickness of a serious epidemic nature, the general health 
of the inhabitants having been uniformly good from the first; 
and, as a people, they are contented and happy. 



CHAPTER VII 

Schools 

One important condition imposed by the Great and General 
Court of Massachusetts on the Grantees of New Marblehead 
was that one right in the township should be disposed of for the 
use of the common schools; or, in other words, that one sixty- 
third part of the territory should be set aside for the above- 
named purpose. Accordingly, in the division of land. Home 
Lot No. 1 was drawn as the school lot ; and, in each subsequent 
division of the common lands, this Lot No. 1 drew its propor- 
tional part. 

These lots at that time were covered with a heavy growth of 
wood and timber, and being public property, but little interest 
was taken to preserve the growth from trespassers. One in- 
stance which we find recorded on the town books serves to illus- 
trate the little care our ancestors took of the town's property. 

William Maxfield, one of the early settlers, became the owner 
of Home Lot No. 2, adjoining the school lot. This gentleman 
appears to have used somewhat original methods in his transac- 
tions, and his ideas of the eternal fitness of things were evidently 
of a vague and undefined nature, especially in regard to bound- 
ary lines. It is a fact that, when he built his house, it stood one- 
half on his own lot, and the other half on the school lot. By 
virtue of this novel "livery of seizen," he kept possession for 
several years without being called to account; and he also 
claimed the right to operate on the hundred-acre lot drawn for 
the schools in 1740. This he proceeded to do for some time. 

At length the authorities, fearing that he might gain a 
possessory title to the entire township, ordered him to vacate 
the premises. This he refused to do, and so the matter rested 
for some years. Finding that he was likely to ruin the lot, the 
matter was brought before the town, at a meeting held on May 
7, 1774, when it was 

"Voted, that William Elder, Richard Dole, and David Barker 
be a Committee to Sue William ]\Iaxfield off the School Lot, if 



174 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

he refuses to give it up, and Likewise to Draw so much Money 
out of the Treasury as is needful to carry on the same." 

This committee immediately notified Mr. ]\Iaxfield of the 
vote and informed him that they should at once proceed to 
enforce it according to law. Finding himself confronted by a 
probable law suit, after considerable bluster on his part, he 
finally concluded to vacate the disputed territory. 

The committee reported their success to the town in 1775, 
and we hear nothing more in- regard to the lot until 1802, when 
a petition was presented to the General Court, on Feb. 21th of 
that year, and the following is the action taken thereon : 

"Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 

"In the House of Kepresentatives, Feb. 21th, 1802. 

"On the Petition of Ezra Brown and others, a Committee 
in behalf of the Inhabitants of the Town of Windham in the 
County of Cumberland, praying for Liberty to sell and dispose 
of their School Lands in said Town and appropriate the use 
thereof to public schools in said Town, 

''Resolved, for reasons set forth in said Petition, that the 
prayer thereof be so far granted, that the Inhabitants of said 
Town of "Windham, be and hereby are authorized to sell and 
dispose of the said School Lands, and that the net proceeds of 
the said sale be, and shall forever hereafter continue vested in 
some of the public funds of the United States, or of this Com- 
monwealth, or Mortgage of Real Estate, and the interest arising 
therefrom be applied tow^ards the support of the public Schools. 

"It is also further Resolved, that the Town Clerk, of said 
"Windham shall Procure of the Secretary an attested copy of 
these resolves and enter the same at full length on the Records 
of the said Tow^l of Windham, in order that the sale and appro- 
priation aforesaid may be known and the application thereof 
be better secured in future. 

"Sent up for concurrence. 

Edward Robbins, Speaker. 

"In Senate, Feb. 26, 1802. Read and Concurred. 

David Cobb, President. 



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"Feb. 27th, 1802. Approved. 

C.VLEB Strong. 

"A true Copy attest. 

John Avery, Secretary. 

''Richard Dole, Town Clerk." 

In accordance with the above action of the General Court, 
the lands were sold to the town for two thousand four hundred 
and forty dollars, at six per cent, annual interest, which is now 
divided each year among the common schools of Windham. 

At just what time a school was established in this town, we 
have no means of knowing. An old tradition asserts that Mrs. 
Mary Chute, wife of Thomas Chute, the first settler, gathered 
the few children belonging to the settlement into her own house, 
where she instructed them in the rudiments of an English 
education. If this is true, and we see no reason to doubt it, 
tlien to IMrs. Chute belongs the honor of establishing the first 
school in Windliam. 

Thomas L. Smith, on page 81 of his history of the town, 
says, "Samuel Webb taught the first school in the town in 
1743." We think he is mistaken in the date, as considerable 
documentary evidence exists to prove that i\Ir. Webb did not 
settle here until 1744, and w^e find nothing on the old Propri- 
etors' records or those of the town to show that a school was 
kept by any one at that date. 

The first record we find in regard to the matter is, on Oct. 
7, 1765, when, at a tow^n meeting, it was 

"Voted, that a school be kept in said Town of Windham till 
the next annual meeting. 

"Voted, that twenty-six pounds be alloAved to pay a School 
Master till March meeting next." 

No mention is made of who the master was, but, without 
doubt, it was Mr. Webb, as it is a well-authenticated fact that 
he was the principal, if not the only school teacher in this town 
for several years. 

At a meeting held in the old Province Fort, on ]March 26, 
1766, 



176 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

''Voted, that twenty pounds be allowed to pay a School 
Master this year." 

This was probably Mr. Webb's last term of school in town, 
as, in a short time, he moved to Deer Isle, Me., wiiere he died 
Feb. 15, 1785. He was born at Redriife, near London, Eng., on 
Christmas Day, 1696, and came to this country in 1713. He 
was the ancestor of all bearing the name in this vicinity. 

Who succeeded Mr. Webb as the town's school master we do 
not know. However, the records show that each year money 
was voted for the support of schools, but the names of the 
teachers are nowhere recorded. 

At a town meeting, on March 26, 1767, 

"Voted, that thirty pounds be Raised for the support of a 
school or schools the ensuing year, 

"Voted, that those people that live upon the Hundred acre 
Lotts, and have not had any Benefit of the Money raised for 
two years past, for the support of a school or schools shall have 
their Proper Proportion of said Money, which shall this present 
year be Raised for the use aforesaid, to be laid out for a school 
amongst their scholars." 

Up to this time, but one school was kept in the township, 
and it is said that, for lack of better quarters, one of the flankers 
of the old fort was used as a schoolroom. As the population 
increased, it was found necessarj^ to find better accommodations, 
hence the foregoing vote. 

At the same meeting it was 

"Voted, to hire a schoolhouse this Present year. 

"Voted, that Abraham Anderson, Caleb Graffam and Thomas 
Mayberry be a Committee to lay out a Proper Place to Build a 
School House or School Houses in Said Town. ' ' 

This committee reported at the annual town meeting, on 
IMar. 30, 1768, and the lot they had laid out was, in the language 
of their report, "In the Road, on the hill between Thomas May- 
berry's and Thomas Trott's. " 

Nothing more seems to have been done about the matter for 
tw^o years; when, at a meeting held Oct. 11, 1770, it was 



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SCHOOLS 177 

"Voted, two hundred Pounds old tenor for to Build a School 
House. 

"Voted, that Micah Walker, Hugh Crague and Thomas Trott 
be a Committee to Build the School House as far as the money 
already voted will go. 

"Voted, twenty shillings per day for working on the afore- 
mentioned School House. 

Richard Mayberry, Town Clerk." 

According to the above vote, the schoolhouse was erected 
and partly finished in the fall of 1770 ; and, at the annual town 
meeting held according to adjournment from Mar. 28 to May 23, 
1771, it was 

"Voted, that there shall be money enough assessed to sup- 
port a School the whole of the Present year, at fifteen Pounds, 
old tenor Per month, and four dollars Per month for board." 

At a meeting held in the meeting-house, Dec. 25, 1772, it was 

"Voted, that Mr. Richard Dole shall finish shingling and put 
Collars Round the Chimney and Clabboard the whole of the 
School-house, and that the said Dole shall provide stuff to do 
said work with, and do said work within three weeks from this 
25th day of December 1772, and that said Dole shall be paid 
twenty Pounds old tenor for the above mentioned labor." 

It is in evidence that ]\Ir. Dole fulfilled his part of the con- 
tract, and that the house was finally finished in December, 1772. 
It stood in the ^lain Road, nearly in the center of the original 
home lots, and was the first schoolhouse erected in the township. 

While we do not know positively who taught the first term 
of school in the new building, it was doubtless either Benjamin 
^NToody or John Patterson, as we find on the old town records 
that, at a meeting held Oct. 18, 1771, it was 

"Voted, that thirty-five Pounds Lawfull Money be Raised 
to pay Mr. Benjamin Moody for his keeping a school in this 
town in the year 1772, and Mr. John Patterson, for keeping 
a school in this town in the year 1773." 

Also, on the church book is the following entrj', under admis- 
sions to the Windham church: "June 23, 1771. Benjamin 



178 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Moody of Newbury now residing here as a School Master." 

Mr. Moody probably taught here several yeai-s previous to 
this entry and may have succeeded Mr. Webb. 

John Patterson was a native of Ireland, and is said to have 
been a good teacher, although somewhat peppery in disposition 
and very severe in discipline. How long he remained here, or 
whither he went, we are unable to say, neither do Ave know who 
succeeded him in the pedagogical office. Possibly, however, it 
may have been Thomas Kennard, better known as ' ' Master Ken- 
nard." 

He was born in the north of Ireland, about 1734. At just 
what time he came here we do not know^, but he was employed 
as the town's schoolmaster for a long term of years. He was 
greatly beloved by his pupils, some of whom were living since 
the writer can remember, and they all united in saying that 
Master Kennard was the best teacher of their boyhood. He died 
here in 1818 ; unmarried ; aged 84 years. His remains were in- 
terred on the farm formerly owned by the late J. J. Bodge near 
Ijittle Falls Village, but no stone marks the spot. 

The only female teacher of that early period of our town's 
history was ]Miss Mary (or as it was frequently written, Molly) 
Legarde. It is said that she came here from Boston about the 
year 1785 and taught school for some time, but nothing positive 
is known of her antecedents. Her intention of marriage with 
Reuben Hill of Gray was entered on the Windham town records 
on December 4, 1790, and her residence was given as Windham. 
P'rom the Gray records we learn that she was married to Mr. 
Hill by Rev. Samuel Perley on December 23, 1790. 

At a town meeting held in the Block House, Oct. 26, 1778, it 
was 

Voted, To Build a School House at Gambo, in Proportion to 
what they paid towards Building the Town 's School House. ' ' 

This was accordingly done, previous to 1780, and, so far as 
Ave can learn, it Avas the second schoolhouse in toAvn. It stood 
on the spot Avhere the present one noAV (1910) stands, the land 
being at that time owned by Joseph WinsloAv. 

Until 1789, the entire tOAvnship formed one school district; 
but, owing to the increasing population, it Avas found necessary 



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to take some action in the matter of schools, and the Selectmen 
laid out six districts, as follows, viz. : 

"One Division to extend from Inkliorn Brook, and to take in 
James Pray & from the corner by j\Ir. Smith 's to Falmouth line. 

"2d Do. to extend from said Pray's to Joseph Swett's on the 
main road on the road by Ezra Brown's to John Gallison's, and 
on the road to John Swett's. 

"3d District, to Extend from Joseph Swett's to Enoch 
Graffam's, and from the Widow Bolton's to Gambo Mills & from 
Joseph Winslow 's Corner as far as John Rand 's. 

"4th Do, to Extend from John Rand's to the County Roade 
by "Willm Proctor's and from Elijah Hanson's Corner to 
Gershom Rogers'. 

"5th Do, To Extend from Israel Hodgdon's on the County 
Roade to Falmouth line, and from the Northerly corner of No. 
62 in the first Division by Jonathan Hanson's to the County 
Roade. 

"6th Do, To Extend from the westerly corner of No. 12, in 
the 2d Division to the line between this town and Gray. 

"Windham November 7th, 1789. 

"David Purinton, 
Paul Little, Selectmen. 

Joseph Hooper, 

A. Osgood, Town Clerk." 

This report of their officers was accepted by the town, and the 
six districts remained as they were laid out for several years. 

In 1793, the town voted 70 pounds for a school, and, at the 
same time, 

"Voted, to choose a School Committee to District the Town 
in proper order." 

Also, "Voted, that Abraham Anderson, Mr. Paul Little, 
Lemuel Jones, Winslow Hall. Thomas Crague, Elijah Kennard, 
and David Purinton, be a School Committee to District the 
Town, and to take charge of the School and Regulate it." 

It does not appear that these gentlemen took any action 



180 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

whatever in regard to the vote, and so we find that, at a town 
meeting held on April 2. 1798, it was 

"Voted, that Abraham Anderson, Paul Little, Esq., Joshua 
Roberts, Winslow Hall, Benjamin Morrill, Stephen Robertson, 
and David Purinton be a Committee to District the town into 
Proper Districts according to the 19th article in the warrant. 

"Also Voted, to raise 100 pounds for a school this year. 

' ' Voted, to build a School-house in each District, ' ' for which 
purpose they voted to raise one thousand dollars. 

They also voted, "that the said School-houses be built by the 
first of October next." 

The following is the division of the town into school districts 
made by the committee, according to their report of April 2, 
1798: 

"First District, To begin on the first road from Presumpscot 
River, at Inkhorn Brook, and to Extend on sd Road as far as 
James Pray's, including Amos and Ebenezer Hawkes' families, 
and Peter Morrill and William and James and John Mayberry, 
and from John Chute's to Benjamin Bodge 's. 

"Second District, To begin at Dr. James Paines and to 
Extend on the main Road to where William Knight formerly 
Dwelt, and from Barker's Shop up that road as far as John 
Gallison's and from Joseph Chesley's round that Road as far as 
John Swett's including Thomas Barker, Jun's place and Jona- 
than Stevens, Sarah Rea and John Knight and Isaac Clark. 

"Third District, Beginning at Thomas Crague's and to 
Extend on the main road, over Pleasant River as far as Isaac 
Cobb's place and from James Boulton's to Gambo, and from 
Joseph Winslow 's to John Rand's. 

"Fourth District, Beginning at Capt. Thomas Chute's and 
Roland Rand's and to Extend as far as Benjamin Means', and 
from Elijah Hanson's to William Proctor's. 

"Fifth District, Beginning at Joshua Lowell's and Extend 
to Daniel Pettingill's and on the County Road up as far as 
Nicholas Anthoine's, and from Ichabod Hanson, Jr's. as far as 
Samuel Dolley's. 



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"Sixth District, Beginning on the County Road at Obadiah 
Goold's and to Extend as far as Edward Anderson's, and from 
Obadiah Goold's to Lewis Anderson's including Elijah Varney 
and Samuel Waterhouse. 

"Seventh, Beginning at Stephen Hutchinson's and to Ex- 
tend as far as Joseph Allen's and from Jonathan Varney 's to 
Silas Elder's, including Ezra Hanson and Jonah Austin. 

"Eighth District, Beginning at Gershom Manchester's, and 
to Extend by Winslow's Mill to the line of Gray, and from the 
mouth of the Road that leads by John Knight's to Gray line 
and on the Road by Varney 's as far as William Legrow's in- 
cluding Joshua Wilson, Josiah Mayberry and Jedediah Elliott. 

"David Purinton, 
Abraham Anderson, 
Paul Little, Esq., 
Joshua Roberts, Committee." 

Stephen Robertson, 
Benjamin Morrill, 

So far as we can learn, these schoolhouses were built accord- 
ing to the vote, and nothing of importance relating to school 
affairs appears on the records for several years. Each year, 
money was voted, sometimes liberally, and, at others, more spar- 
ingly. For instance, in April, 1802, it was voted to raise $150, 
and the next year it was voted to raise $1000 for the support of 
schools. At this last meeting, it was 

"Voted, that the School Committee shall divide the School 
Districts or make such Regulations as they think proper." 

On April 6, 1807, $1000 was voted for the schools; and in 
1808, $500 for the same purpose. At the same time, it was 

"Voted, that Col. Thomas Chute, Abraham Anderson and 
Ezra Brown be a committee to take care," (or, as the clerk 
records it) " (Kear) of the School money this year." 

The following report appears on the town records, relating 
to the districts : 

"Windham April 25, 1808. 

"Your Committee appointed to make alterations in the 
School Districts Report as follows. 



182 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

"Ninth District, beginning at John Lunt's and from thence 
by Capt. Trott 's to the Road leading to Peter Morrill 's, and from 
thence to Falmouth line, with their building their own school 
house. 

"Tenth District, beginning at Robert M. ]\Iayberry's and 
from thence by Tate & Johnson's Store to Samuel Tukey's and 
from Tate & Johnson's Store to John Trickey's, including 
William Mayberry, Daniel Purinton, ]Moses !Mayberry, Noah J. 
Senter and Benjamin Waterhouse, with their Building their 
own School House. 

"Eleventh District, beginning at Pleasant River and from 
thence by Enoch Graffam's to Benjamin Loveitt's including 
William Mayberry 3d and Joseph Knight, with their building 
their own school house. 

"Twelvth District, beginning at William Elder's and from 
thence by William Fields' to Otis Baker's including John Man- 
chester, Richard Mayberry, Aaron Hunscom and Jonah Austin, 
with their building their own School house. 

"JosiAH Chute. 
JosiAH Webb. 
"A true Copy attest 

John Gallison, Town Clerk." 

At the annual town meeting, held April 3, 1809, $500 was 
voted for the schools; and in 1810, $700; a like sum in 1812; in 
1813, $500. 

At a meeting, held Mar. 1, 1814, 

''Voted, Jonathan Hanson, Noah Read, Thomas Chute, John 
Hussey, Timothy Robinson, Ebenezer Allen, Meshach Purinton, 
Nathan Pope, Rowland Rand, Reuben Robinson, Joseph Allen, 
Curtis Swett, Nathaniel Cobb, Elijah Hanson, Ezekiel Hanson, 
Robert M. Mayberry and John Swett, be set off into a District 
to be known by the name of the Centre School District. ' ' 

Also, "Voted, Mary Anderson, Montgomery Anderson, Noah 
J. Senter, Anthony Proctor, Israel Hodgdon, Isaac Stevens, 
Daniel Waterhouse, Ephraim Hodgdon, Joseph Fuller, William 
Hanson, Enoch Chesley, Nathan Goold, Daniel Hall, Comfort 



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Hall, Moses Petengall. John Petengall. Ezra Goold, Nathan 
Petengall, Abner Goold, Jonathan Goold, Stephen Hall, Eben- 
czer Proctor, Sarah Varney, Thomas Varney, Benjamin Goold, 
Israel Hodgdon, Jr., Samuel Waterhouse, Simeon Goold and 
David Proctor be set off into a District to be known by the name 
of the Union District." 

Also, ''Voted seven hundred dollars for the schools." 

At a town meeting, held April 3, 1815, "Voted, one thousand 
dollars for support of schools. 

"Voted, that the Rev. Gardiner Kellogg, Hezekiah Frost, 
Noah Read, Chase Stevens and Joseph Pope be a general ex- 
amining Committee for the year ensuing, that all School ^Masters 
shall procure a Certificate of their having a good Moral Char- 
acters, good and Legal literary Qualifications, and being suitable 
persons to teach a good English School, that the Certificates 
shall be signed by at least three of said Committee; that the 
select men are prohibited from paying any School District any 
part of the School Money till the School Committee man of that 
District deliver to said Select Men such Certificate as a Voucher ; 
that it shall be the duty of said General Examining Committee 
to visit each School in Windham at Least twice each winter, 
and to give such directions to each School Master relative to the 
several modes of instruction as they shall deem advantageous 
to the Town and to purposes of Education ; that the said general 
Committee may divide said Districts into sections, each Com- 
mittee man to take a section to visit, if said Committee shall 
deem that measure most advisable ; that the requisite Certificate 
as aforesaid, be dated before each School begins in order to 
entitle any District to its Money. 

John Gallison, Town Clerk." 

The foregoing is the first mention we find of what was after- 
ward known as the Superintending School Committee- in Wind- 
ham. These gentlemen were considered to be the most learned 
men then in town and were all greatly interested in the welfare 
of the common schools. Since that time it has been the custom, 
at each annual meeting, to elect a committee of three to superin- 
tend the school affairs. 

The writer well remembers the awe with which these dig- 



184 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

nitaries w^re regarded by the average pupil, as, with slow and 
stately tread, they filed into the schoolroom and took their 
places behind the teacher 's desk ; and with what fear and terri- 
ble forebodings we awaited their questions in regard to our 
proficiency in the different branches then taught. Then how 
glad we were when the ordeal was passed and we were dismissed 
Avithout suffering positive shipwreck ! They were good men and 
had the real interests of the school at heart and performed the 
duties of their office without fear or favor; and although times 
have changed and different modes of instruction have been 
adopted in recent years, still our schools bear the impress of the 
early teachers and school officers of this town. 

In 1817, it was found advisable to revise the limits of the 
school districts, and a committee was appointed for that purpose, 
who reported at a meeting ]\Iay 4, 1818, as follows: 

"The Committee that was appointed to revise the limits of 
the several School Districts in the Town of Windham, ask leave 
to report that they attended to that duty and consider it expedi- 
ent to define the limits of the several School Districts as follows, 
Yiz : 

"One District, beginning at the corner of Westbrook and 
"Windham, on Presumpscot River, running thence by Westbrook 
line to the East corner of the lot on which Joseph Hawkes now 
lives, thence N. W. to the road near Peter ^Morrill's, thence S. W. 
by said road to the road between Peter T. Smith's and James 
Gowins land, thence N. W. by said road to the N. corner of the 
lot on which Ebenczer Freeman now lives, thence S. W. by the 
line of said Freeman's land to Presumpscot River, thence to 
first mentioned bounds, all within said limits to form one School 
District, and known by the name of the first School District in 
Windham. 

' ' One • District beginning at the West corner of the first 
District on Presumpscot River, running thence N. E. adjoining 
the first District to the N. corner of the lot on which Ebenezer 
Freeman now lives, thence on the same course to the N. E. line 
of the lot on which John ]\Ia3'berry now lives, thence N. W. to 
the N. corner of the lot on which John Mayberry 2d now lives, 
thence Westerly to the corner of the lot that Hezekiah Smith 



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now owns, thence S. W. on the rangeway to the N. corner of lot 
No. 17, and continuing the same course to Presumpscot River, 
thence by said River to the first mentioned bounds, all within 
said limits to form one District, to be known by the name of the 
Columbian School District in Windham. 

"One District beginning at the W. corner of the Columbian 
District, running thence N. E. by said District to the N. corner 
of Hezekiah Smith 's land, to the N. W. corner of the lot on which 
Josiah Chute now lives, thence S. W. to the N. corner of the lot 
on which John Gallison now lives, thence Southerly to the N. 
corner of lot No 3, thence on the line between No. 3 and lot No. 
1, to Presumpscot River, thence by said River to the first men- 
tioned bounds, all within said limits to form one District, to be 
known by the name of the second School District in Windham, 

' ' One District beginning at the W. corner of the Second Dis- 
trict running thence by the said second District to the N. corner 
of the lot on which John Gallison now lives, thence to the W. 
corner of the lot on which Noah Read now lives, thence N. W. 
to Pleasant River, thence down said River to Presumpscot 
River to the first mentioned bounds, all within said limits to 
form one District to be known by the name of the third School 
District in Windham. 

"One District beginning at the mouth of Pleasant River, 
where it runs into Presumpscot River, running thence N. E. by 
Pleasant River to the E. corner of the lot on which William 
Mayberry now lives, thence N. W. to the S. corner of the lot on 
which Francis Mayberry now lives, thence N. W, to Presump- 
scot River, thence by said Presumpscot River to the first men- 
tioned bounds, all within said limits to form one District to be 
Ivnown by the name of the fourth School District in Windham. 

"One District beginning at the west corner of the fourth 
District, running thence by the said fourth District to Pleasant 
River, thence to Ditch Stream, so called, thence by said Ditch 
Stream to the place where the Ditch mill formerly stood, thence 
Westerly to the north corner of lot 131, thence west to Pre- 
sumpscot River, thence by said River to first mentioned bounds, 
Excluding the S. E. half of the lot on which Isaac ]Mayberry 
now lives, all within said limits to form one District and be 
known by the name of the fifth School District in Windham. 

"One District, beginning at the N. corner of the third Dis- 



186 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

trict on Pleasant River, running thence by said third District 
to the west corner of the lot on which Noah Read now lives, 
thence to the N, corner of the Lot on which John Gallison now 
lives, thence N. Easterly to the N. corner of the lot on which 
Josiah Chute now lives, thence on a direct line to the E. corner 
of the lot on which Jonathan Hanson now lives, thence on a 
direct line to the S. corner of Lot No. 2, on which Stephen Hall 
now lives, thence by the road to the S. corner of Lot No. 1, 
en which Ebenezer Proctor now lives, thence on the line be- 
tween Ebenezer Proctor and Nathan Pope's land to Pleasant 
River, thence by said River to first mentioned bounds, includ- 
ing the S. E. half of that lot Isaac Mayberry now lives on, all 
within said limits to form one District, and known by the name 
of the Central School District, in Windham. 

"One District, beginning at the N. corner of lot on which 
Moses Hanson now lives, running thence on a direct line to 
the N. corner of the lot on which Josiah Chute now lives, 
thence to the N. corner of the lot on which John ]\Iayberry 3d 
now lives, thence to Westbrook line at the S. corner of the lot 
on which John Lowell now lives, thence on Westbrook and Fal- 
mouth line to the Duck Pond, thence by the side of said Pond, 
to the head thereof, thence on a direct line to first mentioned 
bounds, all within said limits to form one District, and be 
known by the sixth School District in Windham. 

"One District, beginning at the W. corner of the lot on 
which Ebenezer Proctor now lives, at Pleasant River, running 
thence up said River to the N. E. line of lot No. 87, near the 
Ditch Stream, thence on a direct line to the N. corner of lot 
No. 40, on which James Hawkes, Jr., now lives, thence on a 
direct line to the N. corner of the lot on which Closes Hanson 
now lives, thence on a Direct line to the S. corner of lot No. 
2. on which Stephen Hall now lives, thence by the road to the 
S. corner of the lot No. 1, on which Ebenezer Proctor now lives, 
thence by the line between Ebenezer Proctor and Nathan Pope's 
land to the first mentioned bounds, all within said limits to 
form one District, and be known by the name of the Union 
School District in Windham. 

"One District, beginning at where the line of lot No. 87, 
crosses Pleasant River running thence S. Easterly on a direct 
line to the N. corner of the lot, No. 40, on which James Hawkes, 



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Jr., now lives, thence N. E. by the road, to the E. corner of the 
lot on which Stephen Robinson, Jr., now lives, thence by the 
road, to the corner near Joseph Legrow's. thence N. W. by the 
road between Joseph Legrow's and Ebenezer Hawkes' land to 
Pleasant River, thence by said River to the first mentioned 
bounds all within said limits to compose one District, and be 
known by the name of the Seventh School District, in Wind- 
ham. 

"One District, beginning at the bridge over Pleasant River, 
called Chase Stevens' bridge, running thence S. E. by the road 
to the top of Manchester's hill, so called, thence N. E. to Gray 
line, thence N. W. on Gray line to the road near Maj. Joseph 
Staples', thence S. W. to the S. W. line of the lot on which 
Maj. Joseph Staples now lives, thence on a direct line to Wins- 
low's Mill, so called, on Pleasant River, thence by said River 
to the first mentioned bounds, all within said limits to form one 
District, to be known by the name of the Eighth School Dis- 
trict in Windham. 

"One District, beginning at the N. corner of the 8th Dis- 
trict near Maj. Joseph Staples', running thence S. Westerly by 
the line of the 8th District to Pleasant River, thence down said 
River to the Ditch Stream, thence by the Ditch Stream, to Little 
Sebago Pond, thence by said Pond to Gray line, thence by Gray 
line to the first mentioned bounds, all within said limits to com- 
pose one School District and to be known by the name of the 
ninth District in Windham. 

"One District, beginning at the E. corner of the 8th District, 
on Gray line, running thence S. W. to the road near Ichabod 
Baker's land, thence by said road to the E. corner of the lot 
on which Stephen Robinson now lives, thence S. W. by the road, 
to the middle of the lot on which Jonah Austin now lives, thence 
S. E. through the middle of said lot to the S. E. line thereof, 
thence N. E. to Gray line, thence by Gray line to first mentioned 
bounds, all within said limits to compose one District, and be 
known by the name of the Tenth School District, in Windham. 

"One District, beginning at the E. corner of the 10th Dis- 
trict on Gray line running thence S. W. to the E. corner of the 
lot on which James Hawkes, Jr., now lives, thence S. E. to the 
head of the Duck Pond, thence by said Pond to Falmouth line, 
thence by Falmouth line to Gray line, thence by Gray line to 



188 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

the first mentioned bounds, all within said limits to compose 
one District to be known by the name of the Eleventh School 
District in Windham. 

"One District, beginning at the E. corner of lot on which 
Joseph Hawkes now lives, running thence N. W. to the road 
near Peter Morrill's thence S. "W, by said road, to the road be- 
tween Peter T. Smith's land and James Gowen's land, thence 
by said road to the N. corner of the lot on which Ebenezer 
Freeman now lives, thence N. East to the east corner of the lot 
on which John Mayberry now lives, thence on a direct line to 
the S. corner of the lot on which John Lowell now lives, thence 
on Westbrook line to the first mentioned bounds, all within said 
limits to compose one District to be known by the name of the 
Twelfth School District in Windham. 

"All of which is most Respectfully Submitted. Windham 
May 4th, 1818. 

Nathan Goold, 
JosiAH Webb, 
William Brown. 

"Voted to accept the report of the above Committee. 

John Gallison, Town Clerk." 

Of these fifteen districts, three were given names instead 
of numbers, viz. : Columbian, Central, and Union ; and, for sev- 
eral years, they were so called. But in the progress of time, it 
became necessary to again revise the limits of the districts; 
and, sometime previous to 1840, this was done, and three new 
districts were formed, making a total of eighteen. In 1872, one 
other district was added, making the number nineteen. These 
districts were numbered from one to nineteen, and the old names 
were abolished. The Columbian district became Number Nine, 
the Union district was numbered Fifteen, and the Central, Six- 
teen, by which numbers they were ever afterwards known. 

All school districts in ]\Iaine were declared to be corpora- 
tions by the State laws, and were granted powers sufficient to 
enable the inhabitants to transact all matters pertaining to 
school affairs very much as they saw fit. Shortly after the 
annual town meeting in March, the Agent would notify the 
legal voters of his district by posting a written notice on the 



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outer door of the schoolhouse, seven days beforehand, for them 
to meet and transact all business for the ensuing year. At the 
appointed time, the voters would assemble and prepare for ac- 
tion. The Clerk would then call the meeting to order and read 
the warrant, after which a Moderator was chosen to preside over 
the deliberations, then a Clerk was elected and finally an Agent, 
and frequently one or two committees for some special duty. 
This being done, the meeting would be declared open for the 
discussion of any question relating to the welfare of the school. 
Sometimes this part of the session would cause considerable 
excitement, and there might be no little ill feeling caused by 
a disagreement on the part of some of the voters, in the vain 
attempt to decide some trivial matter. The amount of sledge- 
hammer eloquence that would then be exhibited was, to say the 
least, amusing. But, as all things of an earthly nature are 
said to have an end, so these disputants, having talked them- 
selves hoarse, would finally subside into silence, and the meeting 
would adjourn sine die. 

The Agent was supposed to be the chief executive officer 
of the corporation, it being his duty to make and return to the 
authorities a list of all scholars in his district from four to 
twenty-one years of age, to hire the teachers, provide the fuel, 
and make all necessary repairs on the buildings; in short, he 
was the general utility man of the precinct. 

But two terms of school were kept each year, one in the 
summer and another during the winter months. The first was 
usually presided over by a woman teacher, the latter by a man; 
sometimes, however, a woman would be employed for both 
terms, but this was, by no means, the general rule. 

The course of study consisted of reading, writing, arithmetic, 
English grammar, and geography. Occasionally, a few of the 
more advanced pupils would add algebra a part of each term. 

The money voted annually for the schools was divided 
among the several districts, according to the number of scholars 
each contained; hence, the ones having the greatest number 
received a larger proportion of the school money, and, conse- 
quently, were enabled to have longer terms than their less for- 
tunate neighbors. 

This method continued in practice until 1893, when the Leg- 
islature abolished the district system ; and, according to the 



190 WINDHx\.M IN THE PAST 

present laws, each school has terms of equal length, with a uni- 
form course of instruction in each grade. This arrangement 
has been found of great advantage to the rural townis, and our 
public schools are now in a more prosperous condition than ever 
before. 

Schools for instruction in the higher branches have at various 
times been established in Windham, all of which were successful 
in their day. 

We have already mentioned the Friends' Academy, which 
Thomas L. Smith, Esq., in his town history, says, "was the first 
and only one erected in the town." This, however, is a mistake, 
as it is a w^ell-known fact that Chase Stevens, at one time, had 
an Academy on the Ray farm, near the mouth of the road lead- 
ing from the Main or River Road to the present village of Malli- 
8on Falls, where he taught the higher branches for several 
years. Unfortunately we have no records showing the precise 
time when this school was established, but it must have been 
at an early period in the town's history. In his boyhood the 
writer knew several aged men, w^ho, in their youth, had been 
students at the old academy, and they all spoke in the highest 
possible terms of ^Mr. Stevens as a faithful and efficient teacher. 
He was born in Falmouth (now Portland), Sept. 4, 17-46, and 
died in Windham. Apr. 6, 1819. 

On Sept. 1, 1839, William Warren, a native of Waterford, 
Maine, came to Windham and taught a high school for three 
months, during which time he supplied the Congregational 
Church, at that time destitute of a pastor. 

As a teacher. Rev. Mr. Warren was an unqualified success, 
and, during his stay here of about ten years, he served almost 
continuously as one of the superintending school committee. 

A few years later Josiah B. AVebb taught a high school in 
the brick schoolhouse knowni as "Knight's" in District No. 6. 
This was about 1846. Thereafter he kept the school in operation 
each fall for some years. Mr. Webb w^as a fine teacher, and 
many of his pupils afterwards filled important stations in the 
community. 

Rev. Edwin S. Elder, a few years later, had a large and 
iiourishing school which was kept in a chapel that stood on the 
Main Road in District No. 1, where he taught the higher 
branches. 



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191 



In the fall of 186-1:, Joseph W. Knight of Stanclish opened 
a high school in the town hall at Windham Center. ^Ir. Knight 
was a rare instructor and was greatly beloved by his pupils. 

The Friends of AVindham have always been noted for the 
interest they have taken in the education of their young mem- 
bers. The monthly meeting here has a fund, the income of 
Yviiich was formerly used to support an annual term of school 
about twelve weeks in length, where, under competent teachers, 
the pupils were fitted to enter their more advanced denomina- 
tional schools at Vassalborough. Me., or Providence, R. I. 

The Windham High School, established by the State laws 
of 1893, has been a success from the first, although its usefulness 
has been somewhat injured by lack of suitable accommodations, 
since it was obliged to be held in the old Town House for many 
Aears. 

At the annual meeting in 1910 the town voted to raise eight 
thousand dollars for the purpose of building a high school 
building. A large lot was purchased, and the w^ork of building 
was at once begun. This progressed so favorably that, on No- 
\ ember 28, 1910, the new edifice was dedicated with appropriate 
ceremonies. It is located in the pleasant village of Windham 
(.'enter and is a large and commodious building of two stories 
in height, finished and furnished in a thoroughlv modern 




High School, Wiiulham, Maine 



192 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

fashion. It is an honor to the old sixteenth township, whose 
citizens have a right to be proud of their work. 

During its existence as a separate municipality, Windham 
has been the home of many persons, who have gained more than 
a local celebrity as educators and professional men. Among 
these we may mention Noah Read, noted as a disciplinarian ; 
Nicholas Anthoine, of whom it was said "that he knew a great 
deal about everything under the sun;" Stephen Webb, a man 
of rare intelligence, whose grave and dignified exterior con- 
cealed a heart full of the warmest sympathy for the timid pupil, 
while his few words of commendation were long remembered 
with the most fervent gratitude. There were also his brother, 
John W^ebb, who never failed in his endeavors to incite the most 
backward student in the class to make more earnest efforts for 
improvement in scholarship ; Oliver and Daniel W. Dole, both 
deservedly popular with all classes of pupils ; Thomas Bodge, 
Jr., a fine mathematician ; John A. Bodge, afterwards a Free 
Will Baptist clergyman ; Noah Hanson ; Timothy Kennard, a 
most excellent teacher, but a man whose quaintly humorou' 
sayings used to create a great deal of merriment in the school- 
room. In addition, we may name John W. Goodell. famous 
for his management of unruly schools ; Edwin Mayberry ; 
W^illiam F. Hall ; Amos B. Hall, of honored memory ; Nelson 
B. Loveitt; William B. Hamblen; Peter R. Hall, and Jacob 
Brown, both of whom afterward became lawyers. Later came 
Benjamin Morrill ; Oliver H. Lowell, the brave captain, who fell, 
while leading his men against the foe at Gettysburg; George F. 
Hanson; Francis Winslow; John J. Bodge; Lorenzo T. Chase; 
Elihu Libby; Peter A. Bodge; Edwin S. Elder; William A. 
Larry; Hiram C. Hawkes; Clarence W. Proctor, and Frederick 
H. Dole. Among the female teachers of note we may mention 
Sarah F. Dole. Huldah R. Hawkes, Abbie H. Little, Mary A. 
Smith, Sarah P. Webb, Margaret Loveitt. Betsey A. Hanson. 
Harriet Jones, Anna Hoag, Sarah A. Lowell, Abbie L. Larry, 
and Mary A. Webb. Of the present corps of instructors in 
Windham, we have no need to speak here. Suffice to say that 
they are an able, faithful and efficient body of gentlemen and 
ladies, earnest and energetic in their work ; and, under their 
management, the schools are better than ever before at any 
period in the town's history. 



CHAPTER VIII 
Windham in the Revolution 

The causes that operated to produce the rupture between 
this nation and the mother country are well known to every 
American citizen and need not be discussed at this time ; suffice 
it to say, that tyranny and oppression, on the one hand, and 
a sturdy determination to resist, on the other, brought about a 
long and cruel war, that finally resulted in the independence 
of the feeble colonies. 

The inhabitants of Windham, though few in number and poor 
in purse, were, nevertheless, extremely jealous of any infringe- 
ment on their rights and liberties, which they claimed were 
guaranteed them as British subjects, and which had been violated 
by unjust measures enacted by the home parliament. 

Seeing, therefore, that a war was inevitable, they made 
X^reparations as early as 1773, when, at a town meeting held 
Feb. 16th of that year, it was 

"Voted, to choose a committee to act on anything the town 
may think proper, in answer to the letter of correspondence 
sent by the town of Boston to this town, concerning the infringe- 
ments which are mad upon the rights and privileges we ought 
to enjoy, and to do any thing the town may think proper in 
answer to said letter." 

Richard Mayberry. Z. Hunnewell, Caleb Graffam, Thomas 
Trott. William Knights, and Hugh Crague were chosen a com- 
Diittee for the above-named purpose. The meeting was then 
adjourned to Feb. 25th, when the committee reported as follows, 
their report being accepted and ordered to be recorded in the 
Town Clerk's book: 

"To the worthy gentlemen who are the committee of corre- 
spondence for the town of Boston: 

"Gentlemen: We who are the committee for the town of 
Windham, have considered your pamphlet which you sent to 



194 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

tliis town, and we report as follows : We understand that many 
tow^ns older and much more capable of judging of affairs than 
we are. have fully investigated the subject; therefore we think 
it needless for us to be very particular in the affair. But we 
fully agree with you, gentlemen, in your sentiments concerning 
the liberties and privilege which we ought to enjoy, and the 
infringements wdiich are made on the same. ^Ve, the people of 
Windham, have suffered much by the Indians, and did expect 
no other from them if we fell into their hands. But little did 
we think that unconstitutional and unbearable measures would 
be taken by those whom we depended upon to protect and de- 
fend our interests and privilegs, both civil and sacred, even 
to bring us and our posterity into the greatest bondage, slavery 
and misery that people can well be under, even equal to or 
greater than the Egyptian bondage. 

"Therefore Resolved, That we declare ourselves to be true 
and legal subjects to our king, and are ready to do our utmost 
whenever we are called to defend his royal person and interest. 

"Resolved , That we look upon it our duty as well as interest, 
both for ourselves and posterity, to stand up in the defence of 
those privilegs and liberties that our goodly forefathers pur- 
chased for us at so dear a rate as the expense of their own blood, 
and that we used formerly and still ought to enjoy. 

''Resolved, That the town of Windham returns humble and 
hearty thanks to the town of Boston for the care and regard that 
they discover for us and the whole province. 

"Resolved, That the foregoing resolves and proceedings be 
registered in the Town Clerk's office, that the rising generation 
may see Avhat care their forefathers have taken to defend their 
liberties and privilegs, that they may take the like care if they 
are called to it as we are. 

Richard Dole, 

Town Clerk." 

In January, 1774, a further communication was received 
from Boston relative to public affairs, and a town meeting 
assembled on Jan. 24. 1774, when it Avas 

"Voted, that the committee of correspondence of this town, 



WINDHAM IN THE REVOLUTION 195 

send to the committee of correspondence for the town of Boston, 
their sentiments relating. to our public affairs." 

This the committee accordingly did, expressing in bold and 
energetic language their determination to adhere to and support 
their brethren in every measure touching the rights and liberties 
of the country. 

We find that, at a meeting on Feb. 1-1, 1774, the proceedings 
of the committee were sanctioned and accepted by the town. 
On August 30, 1774. a meeting of the inhabitants of Falmouth 
(now Portland) was held, at which Jedediah Preble, Enoch 
Freeman, Stephen Longfellow, Enoch Ilsley, and Samuel Free- 
man were chosen a "committee to meet committees from the 
several towns in this county, to consider what measures it will 
be expedient to adopt for the general interest of the country, 
in the present alarming situation of our public affairs; and that 
the said committee write to the said towns acquainting them 
with this vote, and appointing the time and place of meeting." 

Agreeably to this vote, a convention of delegates from nine 
towns in this county met at the tavern of ]Mrs. Greele in Fal- 
mouth (now Portland), on September 21, 1774. 

The delegates were : ' ' From Falmouth, Hon. Enoch Freeman, 
Stephen Longfellow. Esq.. ]\Ir. Richard Codman, Capt. John 
Waite, ]\Ir. Enoch Ilsley, and Mr. Samuel Freeman; from 
Scarboro. Capt. Timothy ^McDaniel, Capt. Reuben Fogg, Mr. 
Joshua Fabyan; from North Yarmouth, ]\Ir. John Lewis. David 
]\Iitchell, Esq., Jonathan ^Mitchell, John Gray, and AVilliam 
Cutter; from Gorham. Solomon Lombard, Esq., William Gor- 
ham, Esq., Capt. Edmund Phinney, Capt. Briant ]Morton, and 
]\Ir. Joseph Davis; from Cape Elizabeth. Dr. Clement Jordan, 
leter Woodbury. Samuel Dunn. Capt. Judah Dyer. Dr. Na- 
thaniel Jones, Mr. George St rout ; from Brunswick, Samuel 
Thompson, Samuel Stanwood, Capt. Thomas Moulton; from 
Harpswell, ^h\ Joseph Ewing, Capt. John Stover, Mr. An- 
drew Dunning; from Windham, ^Messrs. Zerubbabel Hony- 
well, Thomas Trott and David Barker; from New Gloucester, 
Messrs. William Harris and Isaac Parsons. Hon. Enoch Free- 
man, Esq.. was chosen chairman, and ^Iv. Samuel Freeman, 
Clerk." 

After adjusting certain preliminary matters, the convention 
then formed themselves into a committee of the whole and ad- 



196 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

journed to the old "Town House" at 3 P.M., their deliberations 
tc be in public. 

The convention met according to adjournment, and it was 

''Voted, That Mr. Samuel Freeman, Solomon Lombard, Esq., 
Stephen Longfellow, Esq., David Mitchell, Esq., John Lewis, 
Capt. John Waite, Samuel Thompson, Capt. Timothy McDaniel, 
Doct. Nathaniel Jones, Isaac Parsons, Enoch Freeman, Esq., 
David Barker and Capt. John Stover, be a committee to draw 
up the sentiments of this convention, and report the same at the 
adjournment." 

They then adjourned to Thursday morning at 8 o'clock, 
September 22, 1774. 

Having met according to adjournment, the committee pre- 
sented the following report, which after being read, paragraph 
by paragraph, was unanimously accepted: 

"The great concern with which the people of this country 
view the increasing differences, which now subsist between the 
mother country and the colonies, and the dark prospect which 
some late acts of the British parliament have in particular 
opened to them, has occasioned the several towns herein to 
choose committees for this convention. To consider what meas- 
ures it would be thought expedient to adopt for the general 
interest of the country, in the present alarming situation of our 
iniblic affairs. 

"We therefore, the said committees pursuant to the request 
of our respective towns, guided by a strong attachment to the 
interests of our oppressed country, think it proper with respec 
and deference to our brethren of other counties, to make known 
our minds as follows : We think it the indispensable duty of 
every subject of the English constitution, for our own sakes 
as well as that of future generations, to use his utmost care, 
and endeavour, accoi-ding to the station he is in, to preserve 
the same inviolate and unimpaired; for we regard it. not only 
as the foundation of all our civil rights and liberties, but as a 
system of government, the best calculated to promote the 
people's peace and happiness. 

"And we lament that in the present administration there 
are men so lost to all the principles of honor, equity and justice. 



WINDHAM IN THE REVOLUTION 197 

as to attempt a violation of the rights which we have long en- 
joyed, and which, while we profess ourselves, as we now declare 
we do, allegiant subjects to George the third, our rightful 
Sovereign, we have a right still to enjoy entire and unmolested, 

"And it is a melancholy consideration that the acknowledged 
head of this respected State should be induced to pass his sanc- 
tion to such laws as tend to the subversion of that glourious 
freedom, which preserves the greatness of the British empire, 
and gives it reputation throughout all the nations of the civilized 
world. 

"It is too apparent that the British ministry have long been 
hatching monstrous acts to break our constitution, and some 
they have at length brought forth. 

"We think the colonies deserve a better treatment from his 
Majesty than this which he assents to. We are his loyal sub- 
jects, and merit his regard, and cannot help thinking that if 
he would pursue his own unbiassed judgment, and lay aside the 
selfish council of wicked and designing men, he and his subjects 
would be mutually happy, and provocations on both sides cease. 
But since the ministry have borne their tyranny to such a 
length as to endeavor to execute their wicked designs by mili- 
tary force in our metropolis we fear it is their aim to introduce 
despotic monarchy. But though their tyranny and oppression 
seems now with hasty stides to threaten all the colonies with ruin 
and destruction, we hope no vengeance will affright, or wiles 
allure us to give up our dear bought liberty, that choicest boon 
of heaven, which our fathers came ii:!to these regions to enjoy, 
and which we therefore will retain, while life enables us to strug- 
gle for its blessings. 

"We believe our enemies supposed w^e must submit and 
tamely give up all our rights. It is true a vigorous opposition 
will subject us to many inconveniences, but how much greater 
vdll our misery be if we relinquish all we now enjoy, and lay 
our future earnings at the mercy of despotic men? We cannot 
bear the thought, Distant posterity would have a cause to curse 
our folly, and the rising generation would justly execrate our 
memory. 

?We therefore recommend a manly opposition to these cruel 
acts, and every measure which despotism can invent 'to abridge 
our English liberties,' and we hope that patience will possess 



198 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

our souls till Providence shall dissipate the gloomy cloud and 
restore us to our former happy state. 

' ' The late act for regulating the government of this province 
we consider, in particular, as big with mischief and destruction, 
tending to the subversion of our charter and our province laws, 
and in its dire example, alarming to all the colonies. This 
through the conduct of some enemies among ourselves, will soon 
bring us into difficulties which will require some able council 
i;o remove. 

"We therefore recommend to each town in this county to 
instruct their several Representatives to resolve themselves 
with the other members of the House, at their approaching 
session, into a provincial Congress for this purpose. 

"To this Congress we shall submit the general interest of 
the province, but for the particular benefit of this county, we 
do advise and recommend, 

' ' 1st. That the justices of the sessions and court of com- 
mon pleas, and every other civil officer in this county, which 
no authority can remove, but that which constituted them 
agreeable to charter and our own provincial laws, would re- 
ligiously officiate in their several departments, as if the afore- 
said act had never been invented, and that every private person 
would pay a strict obedience to such officers, be always ready 
to protect and support them, and promote a due observance 
of our own established laws. And if any person whatsoever 
should henceforth in any manner dare to aid the operation of 
the said tyrannic act, they should be considered as malignant 
enemies to our charter rights, unfit for civil society, and un- 
deserving of the least regard or favor from their fellow country- 
men. 

"2nd. That every one would do his utmost to discourage 
law-suits, and likewise compromise disputes as much as pos- 
sible. 

' ' 3d. That it be recommended to the Hon. Jeremiah Powell, 
Esq., and Jedediah Preble, Esq., constitutional counsellors of 
this province, residing in this county, that they would take their 
places at the board the ensuing session as usual. 

"4th. We cannot but approve of the recommendation given 



WINDHAM IN THE REV'OLUTION 199 

by the convention of Suffolk county to the several collectors of 
province taxes not to pay one farthing more into the province 
ti-easury, until the government of the province is placed on a 
constitutional foundation, or until the provincial Congress shall 
order otherwise ; and we recommend the same to the several 
collectors of this county. But we think it the duty of the several 
collectors of town, county and district taxes, to perfect their 
collections, and pay the same into their several treasuries as 
soon as possible. And here we think it proper to observe, that 
though we do not coinside in every instance with our Suffolk 
brethren, which may be owing to a want of knowing all the cir- 
cumstances of affairs, yet we highly applaud their virtuous zeal, 
and determined resolution. 

"5th. We recommend to every town in this County, char- 
itably to contribute to the relief of our suffering brethren in our 
distressed metropolis. 

"6th. Lest, oppression, which maketh even wise men mad, 
should hurry some people into tumults and disorders we would 
recommend that every individual in the county use his best 
endeavors to suppress at all times, riots, mobs and all licentious- 
ness, and that our fellow subjects would consider themselves 
as they always are. in the presence of the great God, who loveth 
order and not confusion. 

"7th. That when a general non-importation agreement 
takes place, we shall look upon it to be the duty of every vender 
of merchandise to sell his goods at the present rates ; and if any 
person shall exorbitatly enhance the price of his goods, we shall 
look upon him as an oppressor of his country. And in order to 
prevent imposition in this respect, we recommend that a com- 
mittee be chosen in each town to receive complaints against any 
one who may be to blame herin. And if he shall refuse to wait 
en such committee, on notice given, or be found culpable in this 
respect, his name shall be published in the several towns of the 
county, as underving of the future custom of his countrjanen. 

"8th. That every one who has it in his power, would im- 
prove our breed of sheep and as far as possible, increase their 
number; and also encourage the raising of flax, and promote 
the manufactures of the country. 



200 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

"9th. As the very extraordinary and alarming act for es- 
tablishing the Roman catholic religion, and French laws in 
Canada, may introduce the French or Indians into our frontier 
towns, we recommend that every town, and individual in this 
county, should be provided with a proper stock of military 
stores, according to our province law, and that some patriotic 
military officers be chosen in each town to exercise their several 
companies, and make them perfect in the military art. 

"10th. Our general grievances being the subject of delib- 
eration before the continental Congress, renders it inexpedient 
to consider them particularly; on their wisdom we have great 
dependence, and we think it will be our duty to lay aside every 
measure to which we have advised, that may be variant from 
theirs, and pay a due regard to their result. 

"And now we think it proper to declare, that we have been 
recounting the hardships we endure by the machinations of our 
enemies at home, we cannot but gratefully acknowledge our 
obligation to those illustrious worthies, our friends of the min- 
ority, who constantly opposed those wicked measures, and would 
heartily wish that some great and good men would invent and 
mark out some plan that will unite the parent state to these its 
cclonies, and thereby prevent the effusion of christian blood. 

"Then Voted, that every member of this convention be sev- 
erally interrogated whether he now has, or will hereafter take 
any commission und the present act of parliament, for regu- 
lating the government of this province. (The members were 
accordingly interrogated, and each and every one of them 
answered in the negative.) 

"Voted, that the several committees which compose this con- 
vention, or the major part of each, be, and hereby are, desired 
to interrogate the civil officers and other persons whom they 
may think fit, in their respective towns, whether they now have, 
or will hereafter take, any commission under the aforesaid act. 

"Voted, That the whole proceedings of this convention be, 
by the clerk, transmitted to the press, and also to the town 
clerks of the respective towns of this county, as soon as may be. 

"Voted, That this convention be continued, and that the 
committee of Falmouth, or the major part of them, be, and 



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hereby are, empowered, on any occasion, that in their opinion 
requires it, to notify a meeting of the delegates thereof, at such 
time and place as they think proper, setting forth the occasion 
thereof. 

"Voted, That, the thanks of this convention be given to the 
Hon. Enoch Freeman, Esq., for his faithful services as chairman. 
"A true copy. Attest. 

Samuel Freeman, Clerk." 

Agreeably to the recommendation of the above convention, 
the inhabitants of Windham called a special meeting, which 
was held in the old Province Fort on Nov, 7, 1774, for the pur- 
pose of choosing "three officers to teach those, who are so in- 
clined, in the military art." At this meeting Richard May- 
berry was chosen Captain, David Barker, Lieutenant, and 
Edward Anderson, Ensign. 

At the annual meeting in March, 1775, 

"Voted, that twenty seven Pounds be Raised as soon as Pos- 
sible to Provide a Town Stock of ammunition for this Town. 

"Voted, to allow interest to any man that will let the Town 
have the money to Purchase a Town Stock of Ammunition for 
this Town. 

"Voted, that William Knights be Captain, for the militia 
for this town. 

"Voted, that David Barker, be Lieutenant. 

"Voted, that Richard Dole, be Ensign. 

"Voted, to choose a man to fix up the great Gun and Swivels, 
as soon as possible. 

"Voted, that Capt. Caleb Graffam be the man to fix up the 
Great Gun and Swivels, as soon as possible. ' ' 

The vote relating to the ordnance department of Windham 
w^ill doubtless excite the risibility of the men of modern times, 
but let us remember that these guns had protected the strong- 
hold of our ancestors during the Indian wars and had ever been 
regarded with a feeling akin to reverence, and the citizens now, 
in this hour of peril, determined that these should not be found 
wanting in case of emergency. All honor then to those sturdy 



202 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

men of old, for their forethought and true patriotism ! Such 
then were the preparations made by the people of Windham 
for the long expected conflict. 

Ten days after the battle of Lexington was fought, the 
authorities of Windham called a town meeting, and one of the 
articles in the warrant was, 

"To see if the town will agree on any method to provide 
a quantity of corn, or other bread kind, in times of distress 
by an enemy which appears to be very soon." 

The record of that meeting, if indeed it was ever held, was 
not copied into the town book, although a space was reserved 
for it which still remains a blank. 

When an attempt was made in ^lay, 1775, to capture the 
vessels of Capt. Henry Mowatt, in what has since been known 
as ' ' Thompson 's War, ' ' the Windham Company was there under 
Capt. Mayberry. From what we can learn, they, with the sol- 
diers of Col. Phinney's Regiment, were very active in sacking 
the Tory Coulson's house on King (now India) Street. 

At a town meeting held in the fort, Jan. 12. 1776, the follow- 
ing gentlemen were chosen a committee of safety: Zerubbabel 
Hunnewell, Thomas Trott, David Barker, Capt. Caleb Graffam, 
and Lieut. Richard Mayberry. 

Previous to this, in May, 1775, several Windham men had 
enlisted in Col. Edmund Phinney's Regiment and in July 
marched to Cambridge, Mass., where they served under Wash- 
ington, during that year in the siege of Boston. One of these 
men was Stephen Manchester, the slayer of Chief Polin, in 1756. 
He enlisted on May 12, 1775, in Capt. John Brackett's company, 
and was then 58 years old. He also had a long service in other 
regiments, and was, probably, the first man to enlist for field 
service from this town. 

The other men who served in this regiment from Windham 
were Daniel Crockett and John Loring, both in Capt, Brackett's 
Company. In Capt. Wentworth Stuart's Company were Rich- 
ard Preston, Amos Brown, Job Hall, George Teshary, and Caleb 
Graffam. 

Capt. Richard Mayberry joined Capt. Samuel Knight's 
Company in June, 1775, and served as lieutenant through that 
year, as a coast guard on Casco Bay. Edward Anderson was the 



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203 



second lieutenant, and five other Windham men were in the 
Company. 

The war was now on, and the calls for men were almost in- 
cessant. In 1775, Windham is said to have had seven men at 
Cambridge for eight months; four men at Falmouth for eight 
months, and six men at Cambridge for two months. 

On Jan. 12, 1776, the town elected Zerubbabel Hunnewell, 
Thomas Trott, David Barker, Caleb Graflfam, and Richard May- 
berry a Committee of Safety. The town Company that year was 
the 1st in Col. Timothy Pike's 4th Cumberland County Regt. of 

Militia. 

Another Committee of Safety was elected March 19, 1776, 
consisting of Zerubbabel Hunnewell, Caleb Graffam, Richard 
Mayberry, Thomas Trott, and Isaac Hardy. At the same time 
it was ''Voted, not to send any Representative this year," doubt- 
less on account of their extreme poverty, as the towns then paid 
their representatives for their services. 

Windham's copy of the Declaration of Independence did not 
get into the hands *of the Town Clerk for weeks after its issue, 
but, when it finally came to hand, Richard Dole, then Clerk, 
transcribed it on the town book in a decidedly bold hand, where 
it still remains. This is the last entry in the handwriting of 
Richard Dole as Town Clerk during the war; as, in a short time 
afterwards he enlisted as a private in Col. Marshall's Regiment 
and served three years. 

It is said that the town had the following in the service in 
1776, viz.: Thirteen men in the State's service at Peekskill 
for three months; nine men in the State's service at Dorchester 
for four months; six men in the State's service for twelve 
months; and four men in the State's service at Rhode Island 
for four months. The statement regarding the thirteen men 
being at Peekskill in 1776 has not been verified. It is probable 
that these men were in the army at Cambridge until August, 
when they marched to reinforce the army at Lake Champlam. 
The men did not go to Peekskill until 1778. Capt. Richard 
Mayberry was at Dorchester, a captain in Col. Ebenezer Fran- 
cis's Regiment, on Nov. 4, 1776, and these men may have 
belonged to his company. There were more than six men m the 
one-year regiments from Windham, in 1776, and men were sent 



204 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

to a militia regiment, probably Col. Wigglesworth 's, to the 
Northern Army, in the fall of that year. 

The following is a list of the tax payers of Windham for the 
year 1776, as given for the county tax. Timothy Pike, David 
Barker and lehabod Hanson were the assessors, and Daniel Pet- 
in gall, the collector. 



"Tax Payers OP 1776" 

"Anderson, Edward; Allen, Peltiah; Bodge, John; Boulton, 
AVilliam ; Barker, David ; Brown, Ezra ; Brown, Amos ; Barton, 
Ebenezer; Chase, Eleazer; Chesley, Joseph; Crague, Hugh; 
Crockett, George ; Crocket, Daniel ; Cook, Daniel ; Frost, Widow 
Joanna ; Graffam, Enoch ; Hutchinson, Richard ; Hutchinson, 
►Stephen ; Hutchinson, Stephen Jr. ; Hall, Daniel ; Hall, Andrew ; 
Hall, Hat evil ; Hanson, Elijah ; Hanson, Ichabod ; Hanson, 
Samuel ; Hanson, Jonathan ; Hardy, Isaac ; Harris, Stephen ; 
Plawkes, Ebenezer ; Hawkes, Amos ; Hawkes, James ; Hawkes, 
Nathaniel; Hunnewell, Zerubbabel; Hunnewell, Elijah; Hutch- 
inson, Samuel ; Jonson, James ; Knight, William ; Lovett, Jona- 
than ; Legro, Joseph ; Legro, Elias ; Little, Paul ; Mabery, Mar- 
garet ; Mabery, Richard ; INIabery, John ; ]\Iabery, William ; 
Mabery, William Jr. ; Mabery, Thomas ; Millins, Robert ; Man- 
chester, Stephen Jr. ; ^Mathews, John ; Martin, Robert ; McKen- 
ney, William ; Muckf ord, Robert ; Muckford, Nathaniel ; Osgood, 
Abraham; Pettingall, Daniel; Pike, Timothy; Pray, James; 
Proctor, AVilliam ; Purinton, David ; Rand, John ; Robinson, 
John ; Roberts, Joseph ; Roberts, Jonathan ; Rogers, Gershom ; 
Sweat, John; Sweat, Joseph; Smith, Widow Lucy; Stevens, 
Chase ; Stevens, Jonathan ; Thurrell, James ; Trott, Thomas ; 
Woodman, Stephen; AVinship, Gershom; Webb, Eli; Woodman, 
David ; Waite, Benja. ; Waite, Enoch ; Loring, John. 

"The following were taxed for their ownership in mills in 
the town. Viz: Margaret Mabery, Richard Alabery, Samuel 
Eastys, Stephen Morrill, Benja. Winslow, Jr., William Hall, 
Isaac Allen, Jr., Benja. Winslow." 

The foregoing tax list gives us the names of the citizens of 
Windham in that interesting year of the war, 1776. It is of 
considerable historical value. Those men who were serving in 
the army were probably exempted from taxation. 



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In November, 1776, Capt. Richard Mayberry, of this town, 
enlisted a company for three years' service in the Continental 
Army, of which eleven members, including the captain, were 
Windham men. They were : Sergeant Josiah Chute, Corporal 
Ebenezer Barton, Privates James Jordan, William Mayberry, 
Robert Millions. John Swett, Peter Smith, Thomas Chute, David 
Mabury, and Benjamin Trott. This was the Fifth Company in 
Col. Benjamin Tupper's Eleventh Regt., and was in the left 
v/ing of the army commanded by Gen. Gates in the memorable 
campaign of 1777, which terminated in the capture of Burgoyne 
at Saratoga, on Oct. 17th of that year. 

In 1777, the following appears on the town records : 

"Agreeable to an Act of the Great and General Court of 
this State, we, the Selectmen in Conjunction with the Committee 
of the Town of Windham, have mett and sett Prices to the Fol- 
lowing Articles, Viz : Good Fuld Cloth, Dyed Blue of the Best 
Quality, 18 shillings per yard. Farming Labor in the Summer 
Season, found as usual, 3 shillings 4 pence per Day. Good 
Merchantable W^heat at 8s. per Bushel. Good Rye at 5s. 4d. 
per Bushell. Indian Corn or Meal at 4s. 8d. per BushelL 
Toddy, West India, Is. per mug. New England at OVod. per 
mug. Sheep's Wool at 2s. id. per lb. Farming Labor 2s. 8d. 
in the winter season. Fresh Pork, well fatted GVod. per pound. 
Salt Do. in proportion to the price of Salt. Good yard wide, 
plain Cotton and Linen Cloath at -Is. 8d. per yard. Good grass 
fed Beef at 3i4d. per pound. Salted Do. in Proportion to the 
price of Salt. Raw hides 3d. per pound. Tanned hides at Is. 
3d. per pound and Curried Do. in usual Proportion. Raw 
Calfskins at 6d. per lb. Good yard wide Woosted an Wool 
Flannel, Striped at 4s. 8d. per yard and other Woolens in Pro- 
portion. Good Linen and Woolen Cloath at 4s. 8d. per yard. 
Good Cheese at 8d. per lb. Butter at IQi/od. per lb. Good 
Merchantable Peas at 8s. per Bushel. Good Beans at 8s. per 
Bushel. Mutton, Lamb and Veal at 4d. per pound. Horse- 
keeping at Is. 6d. per Night or 24 hours. Keeping one yoke of 
Oxen 24 hours, the same. Potatoes of the bes Quality at 2s. 
in the fall of the year and not to exceed 2s. 8d. at any other 
season. Spanish Do. at Is. per Bushel, and not to exceed Is. 6d. 
at any other season. Men's Good yarn Stockings at 6s. 8d. per 



206 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

pair and Meaner Quality in Proportion. One Yoak of Oxen 
at 3s. 4d. per day. Men's Shoes of Neat's Leather at 8s. per 
pair, and other Shoemaker's shoes in Proportion. Good oats 
at 3s. per Bushell. Good Flax, well Dressed, Is. 4d. per lb. 
Good Tried Tallow at 9d. per lb. Turkeys, Dunghill Fowls 
and Ducks at 5d. per lb. Geese at -id. per lb. Milk at 3i4d. 
per quart. English Hay of the best Quality at 48s. out of the 
f eld & 60s. out of the Barn per tun. Good Merchantable White 
Pine Boards, at the Mills in this Town 24s. per Thousand. 
"Women's Shoes at 6s. per pair. Good ]\Ierchantable Shingles, 
Delivered at the old Fort at 12s. per Thousand. Good i\Ier- 
chantable Clabboards, at 48s. per Thousand. Good Flaxseed 
at 8s. per Bushel. Good Merchantable White Oak Hogshead 
Staves, Good W^hite Oak Barrell, at 4s. Good Turnips of the 
bes Quality at 2s. per Bushel. House Carpenters & Joiners 
at 4s. per Day, and if any person takes more, he or she subjects 
themselves to the fine set forth in said act. 

"Timothy Pike 

David Barker Select Men 

IcHABOD Hanson and 

ZoROBABEL HuNNEWELL Committee 

Caleb Graffam of 

Isaac Hardy Windham 

"Edward Anderson, Town Clerk." 

The Committee of Safety and Inspection in 1777, were: 
Zerubbabel Hunnewell, Abraham Osgood, William Knight, 
Daniel Petingall. Caleb Graffam. 

Sept. 24, 1777, the town paid for "mileage, to the Select- 
men, to Piekskill. Fishkill and Cambridge, 46 pounds 2 shill- 
ings." They doubtless visited those places to look after the 
Windham soldiers in the service there. The town in 1777 had 
three men in the State service at Rutland, Vt., besides those in 
the Massachusetts line, who were three-years men, and were 
the ones who saw the active service in the field. Windham had 
several soldiers who spent the winter at Valley Forge, where 
their sufferings were almost beyond human endurance. 

In Col. Benjamin Tupper's 11th Mass. Regt., the following 
soldiers were returned as in camp : ' ' Capt. Richard Mayberry, 
Josiah Chute, Ebenezer Barton, William Mayberry, Robert 



WINDHAM IN THE REVOLUTION 207 

Millions, Richard Mayberry, Jr., John Swett, Nicholas Hughes, 
Eleazer Chase, Peter Smith, Amos Brown, Stephen Tripp, (was 
reported as sick at Albany. New York.) Job Hill, of Col. Tap- 
per's Regt., Richard Dole, Edward AVebb, of Col. Alarshall's 
Regt., Eli Herbert, of Col. Brewer's Regt., Stephen ^Manchester, 
Enoch Graft'am, George Teshary of Col, Vose's Regt." 

Stephen Manchester. Jr., had died at Reading, Penn., Jan. 
5, 1778, aged 26 years. He belonged to Col. Vose's Regt. The 
destitution of these soldiers at Valley Forge cannot be expressed 
by any language we possess. They were without sufficient food, 
clothing, and shelter; and yet they never complained, but en- 
dured all things that they might gain, not only for themselves, 
but for all coming generations, the blessings of liberty, and all 
which that word implies. The people of AA^indham heard of 
the sufferings of their townsmen in the huts of Valley Forge; 
and on April 14, 1778, $150 was voted "to defray the charge 
of providing shirts, stockings and shoes for the soldiers in the 
Continental Army," and 20 pounds was voted for the soldiers' 
families. 

At a meeting held in the Block-House on JNIay 15, 1778, 

"Voted, six hundred dollars for those three men that is 
Drafted to go to Fish Kill. 

"Voted, this six hundred dollars be assessed immediately." 

At a meeting held in the Block-House on May 27, 1778, it 
was 

"Voted, that Forty four pounds for each of those Alilitia 
men that is Drafted, to be given them as a bounty. 

These men were probably Thomas Chute. Benjamin Trott, 
and David P. Mayberry, nine-months' men. The Committee of 
Safety and Inspection for 1778 were Zerubbabel Hunnewell, 
Paul Little, and David Noyes. 

At the request of the General Court of Alassachusetts, Capt. 
Thomas Trott, of the Town Company, sent the following list of 
soldiers in the Continental Army, on Nov. 24th, 1778: 

"Col. Benjamin Tupper's 11th Alass. Regiment, Capt. Rich- 
ard Alayberry's Co., Capt. Richard Alayberry, Josiah Chute, 
John Swett, AVilliam Alayberry, Robert Alillions, Stephen Tripp, 



208 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Joseph Thompson, Ebenezer Barton, James Rines, Eleazer 
Chase, all three-j'ears men. David P. Mayberry, Thomas Chute, 
both nine-months men. 

"Capt. Samuel Thomes' Co., Lonnon Rhode, had died Dec. 
9, 1777. Amos Brown, killed at the battle of Ilubbardton. 

"Col. James Vose's 1st Mass. Regiment, Capt. George 
Smith's Co., Enoch Graffam, Stephen ^lanchester, George 
Teshary. 

"Col. Edward Wigglesworth 's 13th ^lass. Regiment, Capt. 
Nicholas Blaisdell's Co., Joseph Legrow, Elias Legrow, Col. 
Samuel Brewer's 12th Mass. Regiment. 

"Capt. Silas Burbank's Co., Job Hall. 

"Col. Thomas Marshall's 10th Mass. Regiment, Capt. Ben- 
jamin Walcott's Co., Richard Dole, Edward Webb." 

These were all three-years' men, making a total of 20 three- 
years' men, and 2 nine-months' men. 

Capt. Thomas Trott was commissioned in the Windham 
Militia Company in September, 1777, and it was still the First 
Company of the 4th Regt. of Cumberland County Militia. 
Timothy Pike, the colonel of this regiment, w^as a resident of 
Windham during the first four years of the war. The "Major" 
was William Knight, also of this town. 

January 12th, 1779, the town "Voted, 80 pounds for the 
support of the women whose husbands are in the army." 

At the ilarch meeting, the following were elected for the 
Committee of Safety and Inspection for that year: William 
Knight, David Barker. Daniel Pettingall. 

The price of labor on the roads was fixed at: "^len 30 shill- 
ings. Oxen the same, and 18 shillings for a plow, all per day." 

The year 1779, was an exceedingly hard one for all classes 
of people ; the currency was demoralized, and prospects of peace 
were poor. However, nothing daunted, the citizens of Wind- 
ham still kept on voting supplies to their brethren in the field. 

On May 24th, 1779, they "Voted, 300 pounds for the support 
of the women whose husbands are in the Continental Service ; ' ' 
and, on June 21, of the same year, voted, 13 shirts, 13 pairs of 
shoes, and 13 pairs of stockings for the army. Thirteen men 
at least were in the Continental Army from Windham at that 
time, and probably more. 

In June, 1779, came the Bagaduce Expedition, and on July 



WINDHAM IN THE REVOLUTION 209 

9th, 16 men were drafted for that service, and 960 pounds were 
voted for the same. 

The town records say that it was 

"Voted, to raise money enough to make up every man's 
wages that is detached and goes to Penobscot, or sends a man 
in his sted, thirty pounds per month for two months or in pro- 
portion if discharged sooner." 

Also, "Voted, that the town raise money and give Lieutenant 
Edward Anderson the same sum that the town is to give one 
of the soldiers for to go to the expedition to Penobscot. ' ' 

This expedition to what is now Castine proved a positive 
failure, and many of the soldiers perished from exposure to cold 
and hunger while making their retreat through the wilderness. 

After the defeat at Bagaduce. Falmouth Neck (now Port- 
land) was threatened; and on Sept. 10, 1779, 10 men from 
Windham were drafted to assist in guarding that place from 
any attack the British might make. This proved to be a false 
alarm, but Windham ''Voted, to make up thirty pounds per 
month, for the ten men that is to be stationed at Falmouth with 
what the State gives." 

Sept. 23, 1779, it was "Voted to raise money enough to make 
each of those men that went on the expedition to Penobscot, 
one hundred dollars per month during the expedition with what 
the State is to give them." The reason for such large wages 
was on account of the depreciation of the currency, which, at 
this time, had become nearly worthless. 

In September, 1779. the town supplied clothing for the 
army, through Col. Timothy Pike, as follows : 

" 5 Shirts, 60 shillings, 15 pounds 

13 pairs Shoes. 60 shillings, 39 pounds 

5 pairs Stockings 36 shillings 09 pounds 



Total 63 pounds" 

The town this year met with the loss of Col. Pike, who re- 
moved from here to Saccarappa. He had been a most useful 
citizen, and his removal was greath' deplored. 



210 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

The Committee of Safety and Inspection in 1780 were : Caleb 
Graffam, Paul Little, Zerubbabel Hunnewell. 

The price per day for town work in 1780 was, for a man or 
a yoke of oxen $30.00. Daniel Brown was allowed 16 pounds 
for services attending the County Committee at Portland. 

April 16. 1780, the town "Voted, $200 for each man that will 
go to the eastward." 

This was for the eleven men who enlisted in Capt. Isaac 
Parsons 's Co. in Lieut. Col. Joseph Prime's Regt., that served 
on tlie Maine coast that year. This company served from May 
4t]i until Dec. 6th, and was probably at Camden. The men from 
Windham were : Sergt. Benjamin Trott ; drummer, Peter Smith ; 
privates: James Chute, Nathaniel Chase, Jacob Eliott, George 
Knight, Samuel Lord, Thomas Mayberry, John Mayberry, 
Samuel Tobin, and John Winship, besides Lieut. Ichabod Han- 
son. 

April 2-4, 1780, it was "Voted, Lieut. Hanson Two Hundred 
Dollars per month During the time he is in the service on the 
Expidition to the Eastward." 

June 14, 1780, the town supplied the soldiers with clothing 
tlirough Caleb Graffam, one of the Selectmen, as may be seen 
by the following statement: "9 shirts, 10 sh. lOd., 94 pounds, 
10 sh. ; 14 pairs Shoes, 144 sh., 100 pounds, 16 sh. ; 7 pairs 
Stockings, 80 sh., 28 pounds ; Transportation, 75 pounds, making 
a Total of 298 pounds 6 sh." 

Sept. 25, 1780, 2760 pounds of beef were furnished the 
army; and on Oct. 25th, the town "Voted, 13,050 dollars to pur- 
chase beef for the army, as per state reqisition. " 

On Dec. 4th of the same year, 5011 pounds more of beef 
were furnished. 

The war had been in progress more than five years at this 
time, and the people were nearly penniless. In spite of this 
fact, however, they promptly honored every call for aid made 
by the Continental Congress. 

January 16, 1781, William Knight, Thomas Trott, and Ed- 
ward Anderson were appointed a committee to "agree with the 
men who will go into the army for three years as soldiers, about 
bounty and wages," and the town "Voted, 2280 dollars, silver 
money, for the soldiers that is to go into the army for three 
years." Also it was "Voted, that the soldiers shall be paid ten 



WINDHAM IN THE REVOLUTION 211 

dollars, in silver money, by the town per month and twenty 
dollars, in silver money, as a bounty," and "to pay them once 
in three months." 

The paper money had become of so little value that they 
were obliged to return to specie values in order to obtain the 
needed recruits for the service. 

Feb. 8, 1781, the town "Voted, 20,044 dollars paper money, 
towards the quota of beef affixed to the town by the resolve of 
the General Court." 

In March of that year, clothing w^as sent the soldiers in the 
army, according to the following statement of Jonathan Loveitt, 
one of the Selectmen : 

" 9 Shirts 40 pounds 360 pounds 

9 pairs Shoes 40 pounds 360 pounds 

9 pairs Stockings 24 pounds 216 pounds 

12 miles travel 36 pounds 

3 days time 63 pounds 



Total, 1035 pounds" 

The Committee of Safety and Inspection for 1781 were 
Abraham Osgood, Richard ]Mayberry, and Thomas Trott. The 
price of labor was fixed at $50 per day for a man ; and oxen the 
same ; while for the use of a plow $25 per day was allowed. 

July 14, 1781, it was "Voted, that the town will abide by the 
agreement the Committee shall make for 3 men to go into the 
Continental army, and 60 pounds was appropriated for beef." 

Paul Little, Ezra Brown and Richard ]\Iayberry were ap- 
pointed to purchase this ' ' as cheap as possible. ' ' 

The State tax for 1781 was 949 pounds, 6 shillings, and 
Abraham Osgood was the Town Treasurer. 

Aug. 27, 1781, twenty pounds was "Voted, to provide cloth- 
ing for the soldiers." 

4 shillings, 8 pence was fixed as the price for all wool 
cloth after it was fulled for blanketing and made into blankets. 
Twelve shillings were charged for a pair of shoes made well of 
good leather, and six shillings for a pair of good stockings. 
The records show that at least four blankets were sent to the 
ai'my this year. 

With all these troubles on their liands. they still found time 



212 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

to look after other things relating to town affairs, and we find 
on the records that at a meeting held in the "Block-House" 
Oct. 15, 1781, they "Voted, that Edward Anderson, be an Agent 
for this Town to meet with the Agents of the neighboring Towns, 
to prosecute such measures as they judge best to obtain good 
and sufficient fish courses through the several Dams, on the Pre- 
sumpscot River." 

On Jan. 28, 1782, AA' illiam Elder was appointed agent of the 
town to procure one Continental soldier to fill their quota ; and, 
on March 1st. three soldiers were sent into the Continental 
Army for three years, and Alay 31st £173 was voted to pay them. 

At the Alarch town meeting the price for work on the high- 
ways was reduced to hard money, and 4 shillings was set for a 
day's work for men or oxen, and 2 shillings for a plow. 

Also, at this meeting " Voted, 40 shillings for wolves' heads." 

At the same meeting it was "Voted, to sell the old Fort, at 
public vendue." 

This was done shortly afterward, and Abraham Anderson 
became its owner. He demolished the time-honored structure 
and used its massive timbers for other purposes; and the only 
trace of the ancient stronghold is a slight depression in the 
ground where it stood. 

More money was voted at this meeting for the soldiers, and 
Paul Little was the Town Treasurer, in 1782 and 1783. 

The Committee of Correspondence and Safety for 1783 
were Zerubbabel Hunnewell, David Barker. Thomas Barker. 

AVith the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, on Oct. 19, 
1781, hostilities ceased. The war was then virtually over, and 
those who had survived the terrible ordeal returned to their 
homes. 

AVith that indomitable courage and iron determination that 
had sustained them on the weary marches, in the huts of A^alley 
Forge, and amid shock of many a hard-fought battle field, they 
took up the duties of civil life with renewed vigor. They were 
as "poor as poverty" itself; yet they possessed the proud con- 
sciousness of having performed their part in the great drama 
of national independence, and could leave to posterity the richest 
legacy a people ever had. Freedom and Union. Surely "there 
were giants in those days." 



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Two votes passed at a town meeting held on May 19, 1783, 
give us a hint of their patriotism and their poverty. 

"Voted, to give the Powder that was spent on the day of 
Rejoicing for Peace. 

"Voted, to send Mr. Thomas Barker, Representative the 
Present year, on Conditions that he will Endeavor to do all the 
Service that lays in his Power to serve the Town, and that he 
will not ask the Town any wages. Except the Town Please to 
allow him Something for his Services, and that he will give his 
Obligation to the Select men of the Town. 

"Richard Dole, Town Clerk." 

The women of "Windham were equally as patriotic as were 
the men ; they sent their husbands, sons, and brothers to join 
the army with words of ringing cheer. They spun, wove, knit, 
and sewed to furnish clothing for the suffering soldiers, and, 
in many cases, successfully conducted the business affairs of 
their absent husbands. They shrunk from no toil and hesitated 
at no sacrifice; but, with an unfaltering courage, did their part 
in the darkest hours of the American Revolution. May all 
future generations keep green the memory of their noble deeds. 

According to a list prepared by Mr. Nathan Goold of Port- 
land, the well-known historian, whose ancestors were former 
citizens of Windliam, the town had ninety-one soldiers in the 
service at different times during the war. Their names, together 
with their time of service, as found on the pay rolls, are as fol- 
lows: 

"Lieut. Edward Anderson, 12 mos. 17 days service. 

John Anderson, 11 mos. 6 days service. 

laeut. David Barker, 17 days service. 

Ebenezer Barton, 42 mos. service. 

Benjamin Bodge, 6 days service. 

Thomas Bodge, 3 mos. 17 days service. 

Thomas Bolton, 2 mos. 10 days service. 

Amos Brown, 3 years man, killed at the battle of Hubbardton. 

Amos Brown, Jr., 24 mos. service. 

William Campbell, 26 days service. 

Eleazer Chase, 36 mos, service. 



214 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Nathaniel Chase, 9 mos. 10 days service. 

Joseph Chesley, 5 days service. 

James Chute, 7 mos. 23 days service. 

Josiah Chute, 46 mos. 5 days service. 

Thomas Chute, 11 mos. 17 days service. 

Thomas Crague, 13 days service. 

Daniel Crockett, about 8 mos. service. 

George Crockett, 11 days service. 

Philip Davis, 3 years man. 

Ensign Richard Dole, 3 years service as private and corporal. 

Isaac Elder, 2 mos. 15 days service. 

John Elder, 4 mos. 24 days service. 

Joseph Elder, 11 mos. service. 

William Elder, 4 mos. 10 days service. 

Chase Elkins, 4 mos. service. 

William Elkins, 5 days service. 

Jacob Eliott, 7 mos. 29 days service. 

Jedidiah Eliott, was a pensioner. 

Nathan Gamman, 2 mos. service. 

Caleb Graffam, Jr., 8 mos. 2 days service. 

Enoch Graffam, 50 mos. 13 days service. 

Enoch Hall, 3 years man. 

Job Hall, 4 years 71/2 mos. service. 

Lieut. Ichabod Hanson, 7 mos. 24 days service. 

Isaac Hardy 5 days service. 

Stephen Harris, 3 mos. 11 days service. 

Eli Herbert, 3 years man. 

Moses How, 4 mos. 24 days service. 

Elijah Hunnerwell, 11 days service. 

Richard Hunnerwell, 3 mos. 10 days service. 

Richard Hutchinson, 9 days service, 

Samuel Hutchinson. 4 mos. 4 days service. 

Nicholas Hughes, 3 years man. 

James Jordan, 3 years man, 

George Knight, 9 mos. 17 days service. 

Samuel Knight, 24 mos. 14 days service. 

Capt. William Knight, 16 days service. He was also a Major 

of militia. 
Charles Legro, 5 days service. 
Elias Legro, 3 years man. 



WINDHAM IN THE REVOLUTION 215 

Joseph Legro, 3 years man. 

Charles Lord, about 91/2 months service. 

Samuel Lord, 15 mos. 16 days service. 

John Loring, 8 months service. 

Stephen Lowell, 10 mos. service. 

Gershom Manchester, 26 days service. 

Stephen Manchester, 49 mos. service. 

Stephen Manchester, Jr., sent from Valley Forge to the hospital 

at Reading, where he died Jan. 5, 1778. 
David P. Mayberry, 16 mos. 5 days service. 
James ]\Iayberry, 2 mos. 17 days service. 
John ]\Iayberry, 7 mos. service. 
Capt. Richard Mayberry, 39 mos. 12 days service. 
Richard Mayberry, Jr., 39 mos. service. 
Richard Mayberry, 3d, 5 days service. 
William Mayberry, son of Captain Richard, 3 years man. 
Thomas Mayberry, about 20 mos. service. 
"William Mayberry, son of John, 26 days service. 
Robert Martin, a pensioner. 
John Mathews, •! days service. 
Robert Millions, 3 years man. 
John Mugford, 2 mos. 17 days service. 
James Pray, 5 days service. 
Richard Preston, 20 mos. service. 
Joseph Roberts, 19 mos. 17 days service. 
James Rines, 3 years man. Taken prisoner at Hubbardton 

July 7, 1777. 
Lonon Rhode, "a free negro," 3 years man, and died in the 

army Dec. 9, 1777. 
Joseph Swett, 5 days service. 
John Swett, about Sy^ years service. 
Peter Smith, (a negro) 43 mos. service. 
George Teshary, served, probably, 43 mos. 7 days. 
Joseph Thompson, 3 years man. 
Samuel Toben, 9 mos. 17 days service. 
Mathew Toben, 7 mos. service. 
Stephen Tripp, about 41 mos. service. 
Benjamin Trott, 9 mos. 17 days service. 
Capt. Thomas Trott, of the town Company. 
Edward Webb 3 years man. 



216 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Eli Webb, 5 days service. 

John Winship, 7 mos. 26 days service. 

Caleb Young, 4 mos. 12 days service." 

In addition to the above, were the following : 

John Knight "of Windham" enlisted at Gorham. We do 
not know who this man was. 

Smith, in his "History of Windham," says that the colored 
men, Flanders and Romeo, served three years in the army; but 
Mr. Goold fails to verify the statement from any known record, 
and we have been unable to learn, either directly or indirectly, 
that any such persons ever lived in this town. He also gives 
the names of Richard Thurrell, Hezekiah Hall, William Cam- 
mett, Jeremiah Small, Samuel Chandler, Stephen Hutchinson 
and William Hardy as three years' men. Mr. Goold says of 
these men, "We cannot now say they were Windham men." 
Richard Thurrell appears to have lived here at one time. 
Stephen Hutchinson was a tax payer in 1789-90 ; Jeremiah Small 
and William Hardy were Westbrook men ; of the others named 
in this list we know nothing whatever. He also gives Joseph 
Hutchinson, John Young and Abraham Anderson as serving 
less than three years, which statement is not verified. 

In Capt. Wentworth Stuart's Co., in Colonel Edmund Phin- 
ney's Regt., in 1775, we find the name of John Young of Pear- 
sontown, now Standish. He also served in the 18th Continental 
Regt. in 1776. This is doubtless the John Young, who had a 
family here as early as 1771. 

Jonathan Knight of Windham enlisted at Falmouth and 
was a three-years' man. He removed to the town of Otisfield. 
John Farrow, Jr., moved sometime before the war to Bristol, 
]\Ie., where his four sons, all born and raised in Windham, served 
in the army. 

Capt. Peter GrafTam, son of the old veteran Capt. Caleb 
Graffam, was born in Falmouth, Apr. 3, 1742 ; came to this town 
with his parents when a small boy, and grew to manhood here. 
He went to New Gloucester, where he settled and had a family. 
He enlisted in the army from that town and returned there after 
the war and there died. He always retained a warm affection 
for Windham, and, as often as once each year came here to visit 
his former friends and relatives. 



WINDHAM IN THE REVOLUTION 217 

Josiah Starling was born in Windham, Jan. 29, 1762. He 
v/ent into the army from Bristol, Me., to which place he had 
moved sometime before. 

Thomas ^Manchester, the first white child born in the town- 
ship, moved to New Hampshire and joined a regiment there. 

John Manchester, a half brother of Stephen, moved from 
Windham about 1762 and was one of the men that captured the 
British ship, " Margaretta, " at Machias in 1775. He afterwards 
served in the army. 

Doubtless there were others from Windham who did service 
in the war but whose names are unknown to us. 

Thomas L. Smith, in his town history says: "We may judge 
of the efforts put forth by the inhabitants of this town during 
the revolutionary war, from the facts that there was but one 
military company in town during the war; that the number of 
men enrolled at any time did not amount to fifty five, of whom 
more than thirty were known to be out in the Continental ser- 
vice and service of the State at one time, and during the war 
seventy-one men performed service in the continental army and 
drafted militia, being sixteen more than the number enrolled 
at any time, forty of whom served three years in the army." 

Certainly this is a grand record, and we doubt if any town 
in this State, with a like number of inhabitants, can present a 
better one. In the possession of the Maine Historical Society 
are two original pay rolls of Capt. Eichard Mayberry's Com- 
pany, for December, 1778, the next winter after their sufferings 
at Valley Forge. According to the payroll, the men were paid 
£'s follows: 

"Captain, £12 per month. 

"Lieutenant, £8 per month. 

"Ensign, £6 per month. 

"Sergeants, £3 per month. 

"Corporals, £2 1 sh. per month. 

' ' Drum and Fife, £2 1 sh. per month. 

"Privates, £2 per month." 

Opposite Capt. IMayberry's name is written, "On furlough, 
Sept. 11th, by his Excellency Genl Washington without limit." 
The Regiment w^as then at West Point. 

Nicholas Hughes is reported sick at Valley Forge. 

James Jordan, it says, is "on command at the Lines." 



218 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Kobert Millions was "on furlough by Gen. Patterson, Nov. 

19th, for 90 days." 

John Swett was ' ' on command at the Line. ' ' 

Peter Smith was "sick in ye Hospital at Hartford." 

Corporal Ebenezer Barton was "on furlough for 90 days by 

Gen. Patterson." 

A tradition in the Millions family, which the writer has 
heard many times, relates that Robert ^lillions and Corp. Barton 
came home from the army together on furloughs and walked 
nearly all the way, excepting for an occasional short ride from 
some good-natured teamster on the road. 

Joseph Thompson is reported "On Duty." 

Thomas Chute is recorded there, and the other Windham 
men, David INlayberry and Benjamin Trott also. These three 
were nine-months' men, who entered the service in June, 1778. 

Josiah Chute was a Sergeant and had enlisted in the 11th 
Mass. Regt., Jan. 1, 1777, for three years. He was wounded in 
the shoulder by a musket ball, in the Battle of Hubbardstown, 
July 7, 1777. He was taken prisoner by the British, from whom 
he escaped and wandered for two weeks in the woods before he 
got into the American lines. He was in command of the Com- 
pany, when the rolls were made out, and brought them home 
with him. His discharge from the arm,v is written on the back 
of one of these, as follows: 

"Head Qurs. Robinson House 

Pickskills Dec. 12th, 1779. 
"Sergeant Josiah Chute of the Eleventh ^Massachusetts 
Regt., having Ben Represented as a faithful Soldier who has 
Ben wounded in Battle and thereby rendered unfit for Duty 
has Leave of abscence from Camp until the first Day of January 
next in the year 1780, as Ma jr. Knap has reported that the Time 
for which said Chute Engaged to Serve in the Army will Expire 
on the 1st of January next. He is not required to Join his Reg- 
iment, but to receive this as a discharge from the army of the 
United States of America, as fully as if it was given After his 
time of service had Expired. 

"By Command of Majr. Gen. Heath, 

The Cartwright 

Ade De Camp." 



WINDHAM IN THE REVOLUTION 219 

Josiah Chute, after his discharge, returned to Windham, and 
died on his farm, Oct. 21, 1831, aged 75 years. He was a man 
of honor and probity, and was respected by all who knew him. 
He is buried on his own land, where a stately monument has been 
erected to his memory. 

In the same cemetery also lies his neighbor and companion 
in arms, John Swett, who died ^lar. 23, 1845, aged 87 years. 
His grave is properly marked by a modest headstone. 

Lieut. Edward Anderson was buried at Windham Hill, and 
a durable slate stone marks the spot. 

Lieut. Ichabod Hanson's grave is in the cemetery that bears 
his name and has a suitable headstone. 

*Stephen Manchester was buried in the Knight Cemetery, 
near Button Hill, but no stone points us to the grave where the 
dust of this old hero reposes ''after life's fitful fever" was ended. 

In the Smith Burial Ground, in the southerly part of the 
town, are the graves of John Elder, who died May 15, 1828, aged 
76 years, and William Elder, died Oct. 20, 1799, aged 74 years. 
Both of these graves are properly marked by old-fashioned head- 
stones. 

Capt. Thomas Trott, of the Town Company, has a fine granite 
monument on his lot in this yard. 

Here too are buried James ]\Iayberry. Benjamin Bodge, 
Thomas Bolton, William Bolton, and John Mayberry. None of 
these graves are marked as they should be. 

Capt. Richard Mayberry was killed by a falling tree in Ray- 
mond, Nov. 4, 1807, at the age of 72 years; is buried on Leach 
Hill in Casco. His son William, who served three years in his 
father's company, died June 8, 1850, at the great age of 91 
years, and is buried on Mayberry Hill in Casco. Both of these 
graves are said to be properly marked. 

Corporal Ebenezer Barton, after a service of 42 months dur- 
ing the darkest period of the war, returned to Windham and, 
like his former captain, was accidentally killed by a falling tree, 
while clearing his land. This event took place on Apr. 15, 1785. 
His remains are interred in the private cemetery of the late 
Hon. William Goold near Windham Center. 

* See previous statement, rgarding monument erected to Mr. Man- 
chester, in 1915. 



220 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Ensign Richard Dole returned to Windham, after his three 
years of service in the army, where he remained until 1803. He 
then went to Hebron, Me., where he died in 1825, aged 89 years. 
His remains are interred in that town, and we are informed that 
a headstone has been erected to his memory. 

Enoch Hall, a three-years' man, removed to Buckfield and 
died there Dec. 10, 1835. 

Samuel Tobin, a nine-months' man, also died in Buckfield, 
Dec. 29, 1834, and both he and Hall are probably buried in that 
town. .^ 

Edward Webb, who served three years in Capt. Benjamin 
Walcott's Company, settled in Gorham and died there Nov 28, 
18-40, aged 86. He is buried in the Sapling Hill Burial Ground 
near the Elaine Central R. R. station at White Rock, and his 
grave is marked by an old-fashioned slate headstone. 

John Winship, a soldier of the Bagaduce Expedition, and a 
native of Windham, removed from here to Otisiield, where he 
died in 18-48, aged 87 years. He is buried in that town. 

James Jordan, who served three years in the army, after- 
wards settled in Monroe and died there Mar. 31, 1813. 

Jonathan Knight went to Otisfield after the war, but prob- 
ably returned to Windham, where he died, Nov. 19, 1837, aged 
78 years. His remains are interred in the Knight Cemetery in 
School District No. 6, and the above date is taken from the in- 
scription on his gravestone. 

There were several Revolutionary soldiers who settled in 
Windham after the war. Among them was Jonah Austin. He 
enlisted at Falmouth and served three and one-half years in the 
Continental Army, after which he came to Windham and settled 
en a farm in the easterly part of the town. He died Sept. 27, 
1833, and was buried on his farm. 

Noah Read came to Windham from Attleboro, Mass. He 
served in five different companies for a total period of 10 months 
and 7 days. He was a Quaker of the most pronounced type 
and was very reticent in regard to his war record. He died in 
Windham, April 4, 1842, aged 87 years, and is probably buried 
in the old Quaker yard near Windham Center. 

Lemuel Horton, also a Quaker, came from Milton, Mass., to 
I'ortland and thence to Windham. He served in nine different 
companies for 23 months and 20 days. 



WINDHAM IN THE REVOLUTION 221 

Rufus Horton, his brother, served 24 months and 10 days 
in ten different companies, commencing when he was but sixteen 
5'ears of age. He was wounded in the wrist and retired from the 
service with the rank of Sergeant Major. 

Many years have come and gone since the last soldier of the 
War for National Independence joined the silent majority; yet 
the memory of their sacrifices, sufferings and gallant deeds lin- 
gers with us today like a benediction. 

"On fame's eternal camping ground, 
Their silent tents are spread. 
And glory guards with solemn round. 
The bivouac of the dead." 



CHAPTER IX 

The War of 1812 

As previously stated, the close of the Revolution found the 
inhabitants of Windham in a state of poverty of which the pres- 
ent generation can have no adequate conception. They were 
heavily in debt, with scanty means to meet their responsibilities ; 
yet they met their difficulties like true and loyal men, and ad- 
justed their outstanding bills as soon as it was possible to do so. 

The soldiers were paid in the almost worthless government 
currency, and had returned home even poorer than their towns- 
men. It is a fact that many of these war-worn veterans were 
compelled for lack of means to travel on foot nearly all the way 
from the places where they were discharged to their homes, yet 
they at once took up the duties of civil life without a murmur, 
and began anew where they had left off their work to fight for 
national independence. 

One instance of how readily these old soldiers returned to 
their former occupations will serve as an illustration of their 
zeal and energy. The writer's great-grandfather, Richard 
Dole, arrived home from the army late in the afternoon, and the 
next morning, at sunrise, he was in his joiner-shop busy at work 
on a job he had left unfinished when he enlisted more than 
three years before. 

Others were equally energetic, and in a short time, a season 
of activity in all branches of business prevailed everywhere 
throughout the township. The population rapidly increased, 
more land was cleared and put under cultivation, while the lum- 
ber business, on which the inhabitants depended largely for 
ready money, flourished as never before. 

This condition of prosperity continued without interruption 
until a second war with Great Britain came on. This war was 
formally declared June 18, 1812. and the cause is fully set forth 
by the United States government as follows : 

"Firstly, For impressing American citizens while sailing on 



WAR OF 1812 223 

the seas, the highway of nations. Dragging them on board their 
sliips of war and forcing them to serve against nations in amity 
with the United States, and even to participate in aggressions 
on the rights of their fellow citizens when not on the high seas. 

' ' Secondly, Violating the rights and peace of our coasts and 
harbors, harassing our departing commerce and wantonly spill- 
ing American blood within our territorial Jurisdiction. 

"Thirdly, Plundering our commerce on every sea under pre- 
tended blockades, not of harbors, posts, or places, invested by 
adequate force. 

"Fourthly, Committing numberless spoliations on our ships 
and commerce, under her orders in council, of various dates. 

"Fifthly, Employing secret agents within the United States, 
with a view to subvert our government and dismember our 
union. 

"Sixthly, Encouraging the Indian tribes to make war on the 
people of the United States." 

In this war Windliam was not called upon to furnish any 
men for the army. The men needed were raised by voluntary 
enlistment. There were, however, twenty men belonging to this 
town, who enlisted for five years, or during the war, and served 
in the regular army. 

They were Timothy Chadbourne. Josiah Freeman. Jonathan 
l''reeman, Thomas Hardy, William Ingersol, Nathaniel Ingersol, 
James Jordan, Jeremiah Jordan, Thomas Jordan, ^Merrill 
Knight. William Knight, Joseph Knight, Samuel Libby. Joshua 
^Mabury, George Mugford. John Pex^o. John Pettingill, Ephraim 
Winship, Isaac Varney, Daniel Knight. 

Of these men, Thomas Hardy and Isaac Varney died in the 
service; Joseph Knight was severely wounded; and Merrill 
Knight was killed in action. Several small enlistments of militia 
were made by order of the Governor of ^Massachusetts for short 
terms for the defence of Portland and vicinity. 

Near the close of the war the W^indliam Company, then com- 
manded by Capt. Nathan Goold, was detached and ordered to 
Portland for the defence of that place, in expectation of an 
attack by the British war vessels, then said to be on our coast. 
Capt. Goold received his orders at nine o'clock at night on Sep- 
tember 9. 1814. He at once collected his Company, and, at nine 
the next morning they were on ]Munjoy Hill in Portland, armed 



224 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

and equipped, ready for any service that might be required of 
them. Fortunately, however, this proved to be a false alarm; 
and, after remaining on duty until Sept. 24, 1814, they were 
mustered out and returned to their homes. 

The following is the muster roll of this company : 

"Nathan Goold, Captain. 
Noah J. Senter, Lieutenant. 
William Legrow, Ensign. 

"Sergeants, Elias Baker. Nathaniel Knight, John Crague. 
Jr., John Brown. 

"Corporals, Isaac Powers, Ezra Anderson, Benjamin Baker, 
Elijah Long. 

"Levi Morrill, Fifer. 

"Privates, Francis Jackson, Benjamin ]\Iorrill, Samuel 
Hamblen, Oliver Mabury, Abraham Anderson, Jr., James 
Crague, Philip Cobb, Daniel Waterhouse, Francis IMabury. 
"William Hearsey, Peter Knight, David Proctor, John Lunt, 
Thomas Stevens, Samuel Bolton, Benjamin Davis, Daniel Bolton, 
Josiah Crague, Roger Jordan, Jr., Timothy Haines, Daniel 
Knight, John French, Richard Lamb, Jonathan Freeman, 
Joshua Rogers, John Loveitt, James Lombard, John Goodale, Jr., 
Jonah Austin, Jr., Stephen ^lanchester, Benjamin Jordan. Ezra 
^lugford. Caleb Graffam, Mark Crockett. John Bodge, John 
Anthoine, Joseph Crockett, Justus Law, Anthony Brackett, 
Nathaniel Hunnewell, Joseph E. Dolley, Joseph Brown, Abner 
Goold, William Austin, Thomas Leighton. Jonathan Goold, 
John Skillings, W^illiam Young, Israel Hodsdon, Jr., Aaron 
Hanscomb, Robert Wier. William Withington, Thomas ^labury, 
Ebenezer Smith, John Knight. Jr.. James Brown, Ephraim 
Brown, Nathan Hanscomb, John Brown, Jr., Daniel Bailey, 
Robert ^I. Mabury, William Cobbey, Jacob Pettengill. Benjamin 
Wliitmore. 



CHAPTER X 

Progress of the Town. Industries. ^Ianufactures, etc. 

Although the principal occupation of the inhabitants of 
AVindham has ever been that of agriculture, various other in- 
dustries have flourished here. 

We find that, previous to the Revolution, lumbering along the 
Presumpscot River was carried on quite extensively by the early 
settlers. During the colonial period, the English government 
reserved the best and largest - of the pine trees for use in the 
loyal navy, and all trees suitable for masts and spars were 
selected by an officer appointed by the crown for that purpose, 
and called a "forest ranger." At certain times he visited the 
woods in his jurisdiction, made his selection of a certain num- 
ber of trees, to each of which he affixed the mark of a "broad 
arrow," which made them government property. All persons 
were forbidden, under severe penalties, to cut one of the trees 
bearing this mark; but, when called for and cut under the direc- 
tion of the "ranger" and transported to a landing place, the 
government would pay a liberal price for the work. 

These landing places were located at convenient points on 
the rivers in the towns throughout the seaboard counties; the 
one in Windham being a few rods below the present woolen mill 
at Mallison Falls, and known as the "Royal ^last Landing." 
The logs were fioated down the river to tide-water, where they 
were loaded on board of vessels built expressly for the purpose 
and called "Alast Ships," and were transported to England. 
This business was a source of considerable revenue to the settlers, 
as the work was usually done in the winter time. Hence, it did 
not interfere with their farming operations, while the money 
received for their labor enabled them to procure many comforts 
and necessaries which they must have otherwise lacked. 

In former pages, we have given an account of the old sawmill 
at Horse Beef (noAv Mallison Falls), which was the first mill of 
any kind in this town. The next one was built at Little Falls 
by ]Maj. William Knight, sometime previous to 1756, and its site 



226 



WINDHAM IN THE PAST 



IS now occupied by the iiiill of the Androscoggin Pulp Company. 
]\Iaj. Knight operated the mill for several years, and, it is said, 
had a house near his mill. He is claimed to be the first settler 
of Little Falls on Windham side of the river. 

He was succeeded by his son Nathaniel, who conducted the 
business with marked success for many years. He owned the 
farm lately owned and occupied by John J. Bodge. ]\Ir. Knight 
finally sold his property here and removed to Naples. ^le. 

We do not know to whom the mill was sold, but we do know 
tliat the privilege remained unoccupied for many years, except- 
ing for two small buildings erected by Jonathan Andrew near 
the present pulp mill. One of these was used as a grist mill 
and contained a set of old-fashioned granite stones. It had for 
its presiding genius a kindly old man named William Johnson, 
whose grey hair, bent form, and dusty clothes were familiar to 
the inhabitants of the village and vicinity, as he wended his way 
to and fro about his daily work at the mill. 

. The other building was occupied as a carding mill, where the 
farmers' wool was made into rolls for home manufacture. It 
was operated first by a man named Leonard Bacon, and after- 
wards by Lathrop Crockett. Both of these buildings were long 
since torn down to make room for improvements. 

In 1875, the water power on both sides of the river was pur- 
chased by C. A. Brow^n and Company, who erected a large brick 




Polp Mill, South Windham, Maine 



PROGRESS OF THE TOWN, INDUSTRIES, MANUPACTUREkS 227 

iijill and commenced the manufacture of an article called "wood 
board." This they continued to do with marked success, giving 
employment to a large force of workmen, until the death of ]\Ir. 
Brown, which took place a few years ago. 

Shortly afterwards the property was purchased by the An- 
droscoggin Pulp Company, who have more than doubled the 
amount of business done l).y the former owners. They have 
oi'ected a large addition to the old mill, built of concrete and 
iron, have furnished it with the latest and most approved kinds 
of machinery, and give steady employment to a large number 
of workmen. They have also built several houses for tlieir em- 
ployees, Avhich add greatly to the comfort of the latter and also 
to the appearance of the village. 

The waterpower at Gambo (now Xe^vhall) was used for 
lumbering at quite an early date, but we are unable to say who 
built the first mill there. The first man of whom we have any 
record as using these falls was Jonathan Loveitt. His old ac- 
count book informs us that he was born at Cape Elizabeth in 
1743, and came to Windham in 1769, where he ''bargained for 
a sawmill then standing on the falls, at Gambo," so it would 
seem that lumbering had been carried on there prior to his 
arrival. It is said the mill was owned by parties living in Bos- 
ton. However, ]Mr. Loveitt appears to have leased the property, 
and he occupied it for many years. He also, in connection with 
his lumbering operations, had a grocery store, in which he kept 
for sale everything from a mouse-trap to a hogshead of New 
England rum. 

Just how long ]Mr. Loveitt remained at Gambo we do not 
know, but, during that time, he purchased the falls that still bear 
his name, and built a sawmill there. In company with his sons, 
Benjamin, Robert and Jonathan, Jr., he carried on an extensive 
lumber business until his death, whicli occurred ^Mar. 19, 1819. 
His sons continued lumbering for several years, but finally gave 
it up and paid their attention exclusively to farming. We do 
not know who succeeded ^Ir. Loveitt at Gambo, but it may have 
been Peter Bolton ; as we know that ]\Ir. Loveitt, in addition to 
his sawmill, had a grist mill there, and employed Bolton as his 
miller. It is also said that Bolton afterwards owned the mills, 
but this statement we cannot verify. In 1817, Edmund Fowler 
and Lester Laflin came here from Southwick. ]\Iass., and bought 



228 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

the privilege and twenty-five acres of land on Gorhani side of 
the river. On this site they erected a line of mills for the manu- 
facture of gunpowder and put them in operation the next year. 
They continued in the business until the 22d of June, 1827, when 
both these men, together with their foreman. [Matthew ]\IcCully, 
were accidentally drowned in Sebago Lake. 

On June 13. 1832, Oliver ]\I. Whipple received a deed of the 
property from William Fowler and immediately took possession 
of the premises. He came here from Lowell, Mass., where he 
had been engaged in the manufacture of powder for some time ; 
find, believing there would be no limit for the demand of the 
article, he at once set about enlarging the business here. To 
this end. he purchased several tracts of land on Windham side 
of the Presumpscot.. including the entire waterpower. On this 
land he built several buildings, one of which was a large and 
substantial stone mill fitted up for tlie manufacture of wooden 
kegs, in which to pack the powder for sale in the various markets. 
These kegs were of different sizes, but none held over twenty- 
five pounds of the manufactured article. This rendered their 
tjansportation an easy matter. 

Mr. Whipple also erected a new line of mills on the site of 
Fowler and Laflin 's old ones, but the greater part of his business 
was done on Windham side of the river. He had for agent and 
superintendent of the works his brother Lucius, a man of fine 
executive abilities, and one who had the esteem and confidence, 
not only of the employees, but of the entire community. 

He remained here until his death and was succeeded by his 
brother, James Whipple, under whose judicious management the 
business went on with its accustomed regularity until Oct. 12. 
1855, when a terrific explosion took place at the works, by which 
he and six others lost their lives. Among these was George, son 
of Oliver M. Whipple, the aged proprietor. 

Previous to this catastrophe, on Jan. 20th, 1855, Mr. Whipple 
had sold the entire property to G. G. Newhall and Company of 
Boston. The consideration named in the deed was $10,000, and 
the amount of land, 360 acres, more or less, together with all 
buildings thereon and all machinery connected with said 
premises. 

The new company added largely to the already flourishing 
l)usiness ; they at once repaired the damages caused by the late 



PROGRESS OF THE TOWN, INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTURES 229 

explosion, and erected a new line of mills on Windham side of 
the Presumpscot, together with several large and commodious 
dwelling houses for their workmen. They purchased more land, 
introduced new and improved machinery, and more than 
doubled the number of men formerly employed by Mr. Whipple. 
This state of affairs lasted until July 21, 1855, when several 
new partners were admitted, and the Oriental Powder Company 
came into existence, Mr. William H. Jackson being appointed 
superintendent. Mr. Jackson was an energetic, far-seeing busi- 
ness man and a past master in the art of organization. He 
greatly improved the methods of his predecessors and soon made 
his personality felt all along the line. ]More land was purchased, 
better wages paid the worlvinen, and everything was done to 
promote the interests of the corporation. 

After the War of the Rebellion began, with his usual energy, 
Mr. Jackson obtained large government contracts; and, during 
the entire period of the war, the mills were run night and day, 
making immense quantities of powder of the different kinds used 
by the government. All of this was transported to Portland by 
horse teams, ]Mr. Andrew D. ^laxtield, the contractor, having 
several heavy four and six-horse teams, which he kept constantly 
at work hauling the deadly explosive. 

After the war closed, the business went along more quietly, 
but prosperously until 1873, when ]\lr. Jackson suddenly severed 
his connection with the company, and returned to his home in 
jMassachusetts. 

He was succeeded by Mr. Joseph Newhall, who remained here 
but a short time. His brother, Ezra F. Newhall, then became 
superintendent, and under his judicious management the busi- 
ness kept up its old-time record of steady prosperity. 

Finally, in an evil hour for Windham, the company consoli- 
dated their interests here with other manufacturers of powder 
farther west, with the result that they were compelled, on June 
1, 1893, to suspend operations for nearly two years. 

On ]\Iay 23, 1895, the mills were put in operation and con- 
tinued to be operated until the latter part of July, when they 
were again shut down and remained idle until August, 1895. 
In the meantime Mr. J. B. Coleman had been elected presi- 
dent of the company, and "Slv. Karl Kaiser, a veteran poAvder 
maker, became superintendent. 



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WINDHAM IN THE PAST 



The mills started up under the new management on Sept. 
10, 1895, Mr. Kaiser remained here in charge of the mills until 
1902-3, when he left to take the superintendency of powder 
works at Oliphant Furnace, Penn. 

Mr. Howard M. Smith was placed in charge after ]\Ir. Kai- 
ser's departure. After several years he left Windham, and 
shortly after this the property was sold to the E. I. Du Pont .de 
Nemours Powder Co. 




Wood Pulp Mill of E. I. Diipoiit tie Nemours «S: Co., Newhall 

They converted it to the manufacture of wood flour, used in 
connection with dynamite, and so endeth the history of the old 
powder mills. 

Great Falls is the next waterpower on the Presumpscot to 
claim our attention. Here considerable lumbering was done 
on the Windham side, at an early date, the first man to occupy 
the falls being Mr. Zebulon Trickey, Sr. No one now living 
knows at just what time he came here, but the best informa- 
tion we are able to obtain places the time of his occupancy of 
the waterpower before the commencement of the last century. 
Their sawmill stood on or near the site of the house owned by 
the late John M. White, and we are informed that they operated 
it for quite a number of years. 



PROGRESS OF THE TOWN, INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTURES 231 

The next man to improve the falls of whom we have any 
knowledge was Enoch White, who had a sawmill here in the 
early part of the last century. ^Ir. White appears to have been 
an active, enterprising man. It was said that he had a "gang 
of saws" in his mill, then a new thing in this part of the country. 

He gave employment to a large number of men and was suc- 
cessful in his business, by which he made a fortune. After this 
he retired and died many years ago. 

His brother, John White, purchased the privilege and for 
several years carried on lumbering quite extensively. He was 
a fine business man, of undoubted integrity. In addition to his 
mill, he was engaged in other money-making ventures, among 
them what is known as the "Eastern Land speculation." In 
this he made a fortune and shortly afterwards retired from 
active business. He also built the first and only grocery store 
on Windham side of the river, which he occupied for three or 
four years, selling to Winslow Hall in 1826. 

Mr. White died in the prime of life and was succeeded by 
his son, John jM. White, who did but little business on the falls, 
being possessed of an ample fortune. He was a very popular 
man and greatly respected by all who knew him. He died in 
1892, leaving many friends to mourn his loss. 

In 1842. Walter Corey of Portland erected a large building 
on the south side of the town road near the Windham end of the 
bridge, in which he manufactured furniture of various kinds, 
one item of his business being an annual output of twenty 
thousand chairs. In 1856, he enlarged the mill to double its 
original capacity and gave employment to a large force of skilled 
workmen. He was a man of undoubted integrity and was em- 
inently successful in business. He remained here until 1870, 
when, his health having failed, he sold out to Mr. Charles H. 
Wright of ^Massachusetts. 

This gentleman operated the mill until the summer of 1872, 
when it accidentally took fire and was totally destroyed, together 
with a large four-tenement house and several other buildings 
belonging to the property. Mr. Wright did not rebuild, and 
nothing has since been done on the privilege. 

The entire waterpower on both sides of the river is now 
(1914) owned by the Cumberland County Power and Light Co., 
whose buildings are in Gorham. 



232 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

The Narrows, which is a waterpow^r at the foot of Little 
Sebago Lake, and one-half mile from the village of North Wind- 
ham, was first occupied by Gen. Moses Hunt, who erected a saw- 
mill here early in the last century, and, for several years was a 
successful lumberman. He was succeeded by his son Samuel, 
who ran the mill for a time and then sold it and engaged in 
farming. 

After remaining idle for a number of years, the privilege was 
purchased by Charles Rogers and Samuel Garland, in the sum- 
mer of 1858. They operated the mill until 1860 and then sold 
to Oliver and Joseph Pope. These men made preparations to 
do an extensive business, but by an oversight in building their 
dam, the pond broke out the next year, carrying away all their 
improvements, thus putting an end to all further work at the 
time. 

Nothing more was done on the privilege until 1871, at which 
time it was purchased by ^Messrs. Henry H. Boody. Charles 
Kogers, Jolm York, and a firm of lumbermen then doing business 
at Middle Jam. under the firm name of Goff and Plummer. 
This company built a large and well-appointed sawmill, to which 
they added a grist mill, and for several years they did a pros- 
perous business. But the death of some of the partners caused 
a dissolution of the company, and the property was sold to ^Ir. 
Pidw^ard J. Huston who occupied it for some years. It was 
afterwards occupied by Gerry and Cram ; still later by ]\Ir. John 
Gerry as a box mill. Recently, however, the mill was acci- 
dentally destroyed by fire, and at the present time nothing is 
done on the privilege. 

Pleasant River is a beautiful stream that takes its rise in the 
town of Gray and enters Windham near what is known as Jack- 
son's Falls. The river has a general westerly course of about 
eight miles through an exceedingly fertile part of the town, and 
joins the Presumpscot at a point midway between Loveitt's Falls 
and Ganibo. 

There are several fine waterpowers on the river, most of 
which have at different times been occupied as mill sites. On 
the upper, or Jackson 's Falls, ]\Ir. John A. Knight built the first 
mill of which we have any record, before the commencement of 
the last century. He had for a partner a Mr. Winslow, to whom 
he finally sold his right. This was a sawmill, with a grist mill 



PROGRESS OF THE TOWN, INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTURES 233 

attached, and was operated by Mr. Winslow for many years. 
He had associated with him the late Benjamin M. Baker, and 
they ran the mill for some time, but finally discontinued opera- 
tions. The power then remained idle until about 1862, when 
Edward Huston erected a lumber mill on the site of the original 
one. 

Early in the last century, Samuel Varney had a sawmill 
near his house, at what is called the "Ox-bow" on Pleasant 
Eiver. There he carried on lumbering for a few years, his mill 
being known as the "Fly Trap." 

In 1781, Maj. Edward Anderson, a son of the fifth settler of 
AVindham, built a large sawmill on the falls that still bear his 
name, near Windham Hill. He was an active, energetic man, 
and did a large amount of lumbering, giving employment to 
many workmen. Finding his supply of water insufficient, he 
caused an artificial outlet to be made from the Collins Pond into 
Smith's Brook, which empties into Pleasant Kiver, for the pur- 
pose of obtaining the needed supply. Smith, in his "History 
of Windham" says, "This outlet increased in size until two saw- 
mills were erected upon it. On June 14, 1814, the water under- 
mined the mill dam, swept it and the mills from their founda- 
tions, disrupted the bed of the stream, rent with irresistible force 
tlie barriers of nature, and forced its way into Pleasant River. 
In a few hours the outlet was increased fifty feet in depth and 
two hundred feet in width." 

He also says, "The sudden eruption of this great body of 
water carried away one sawmill, one grist mill, and four bridges 
on Pleasant River, and the bridge at Gambo and ]Mallison Falls 
on the Presumpscot. " 

Among the mills carried away was j\Iaj. Anderson's, and so 
far as we can learn, they were never rebuilt. 

Several years later Moses Little, Esq., had a sawmill and a 
wool-carding mill on these falls, but no traces of either now re- 
main, and the privilege has been unoccupied for many years. 

About one mile above Anderson's Falls, a stream known as 
the "Ditch Brook" enters Pleasant River. Near its mouth is a 
mill privilege, where, as early as 1814, Abijah Varney had a saw- 
mill. This was afterwards owned by his son Joel, who sold it 
to the late Joseph Elder. He occupied it until his death, which 



234 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

took place Apr. 8, 1898. The property is now owned by Albert 
Sayward, who continues the business with good success. 

A short distance above the last named mill is a waterpower 
on w^hich the late Dea. Elijah Varney erected a lumber mill 
about 1862, which he operated until his death. He died Dec. 
30, 1876, and his son Thomas, became owner of the property, 
where he still remains. He has considerably enlarged the build- 
ings, in which he manufactures various kinds of lumber. 

The falls next below Anderson's, on Pleasant River, known 
as "Pope's" were occupied as a mill site, as early as 1800. by 
Edward Cobb, who had a sawmill here in that year. How long 
he remained or where he went, we have no means of knowing, 
but he sold his mill and other property here to Nathan Pope, Sr., 
who was a clothier. 

He built a small mill in which he exercised that handicraft 
for many years with uniform success. When old age disquali- 
fied him for active business, he retired, having amassed quite a 
fortune for those times. 

In 1841, his three sons, Isaiah, Oliver, and Joseph, formed a 
company, under the firm name of Isaiah Pope and Co., and 
erected a building on the falls, fifty by sixty feet, and two stories 
in height, for the purpose of manufacturing woolen cloth. This 
was the first mill of the kind ever erected in Windham, and the 
machinery was all transported from North Andover, Mass., to 
Windham by horse teams. 

To this company was added, a few years later, a cousin, 
Robert Pope, and for some years they did a safe and money- 
making business. They also built a corn and flour mill, which 
they fitted up with the best machinery then obtainable, and made 
the attempt to compete with western mills. 

Not being successful in this venture, in a few years they sold 
the machinery and converted the building into a sawmill, in one 
part of which they had a grist mill containing one set of stones. 
In and around this mill they had a large force of men to whom 
they gave constant employment in the manufacture of various 
kinds of lumber. They also had other branches of business, 
which they carried on for some years with marked success. 

In 1859 or 60, two members of this firm, Oliver and Joseph 
Pope, purchased the waterpower at the "Narrows," for the pur- 
pose of lumbering, and intended to do a large business. They 



PROGRESS OF THE TOWN, INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTURES 235 

at once began the erection of a stone dam, which was finished 
in the winter of 1860. 

Little Sebago Pond is a considerable body of water, being 
about eight miles in length and from one to three miles in width. 
It lies partly in Windham and partly in Gray, while its north- 
erly side touches the town of Raymond. The pond is an ex- 
ceedingly beautiful sheet of water and is a favorite resort of 
pleasure seekers, who. in large numbers, annually visit its shores 
for rest and recreation. 

At the foot, or outlet, the Popes built their dam, near the 
site of Gen. Hunt's old mill. The bottom of the stream, at this 
place, is composed of cobble-stones and sand; on this unstable 
foundation they built the dam of split stone without cement or 
sufficient piling. 

In the early spring, after the work was finished, the melting 
snow had filled the pond to highwater mark; long and heavy 
rains came on ; and all who were familiar with the conditions 
saw that, sooner or later, a catastrophe must occur. But, 
although frequently warned, the owners seemed totally unmind- 
ful of the danger ; and, as the water rose higher and higher, 
they sought to overcome the force of gravity by increasing the 
altitude of the structure with flush boards. 

The last days of April were noticeable for heavy rains ; on 
the fifth and sixth of May it rained continuously for forty-eight 
hours, and the end was at hand. The water in the pond was 
estimated to be from ten to fifteen feet higher than was ever 
known before, and the tremendous pressure it exerted was too 
much for the frail structure. 

On May 7, 1861, at 7 A.M., the dam gave way, and literally 
' ' great was the fall thereof. ' ' The owners, who lived at the little 
village of Popeville, were notified as soon as possible, but refused 
to believe that any material damage would be done, and took 
no means to secure any part of their property. The news of 
the outbreak spread rapidly through the town, and several hours 
before the flood came hundreds of men came with offers of assist- 
ance in removing goods and machinery, but the owners steadily 
refused to allow this to be done. The writer was, at that time, 
employed as a clerk for the company and was an eye witness 
to what followed. 

At about ten o 'clock, a low, sullen roar, like the rushing of a 



236 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

mighty wind, gave evidence that the hour of peril was near at 
hand ; and in a short time, around a curve in the river came an 
immense wave bearing on its crest a large quantity of debris, 
consisting of stumps, the ruin of bridges, mill logs, cord wood 
and trees that had been torn up by the roots, all in one confused 
mass, and borne along with irresistible force by the rushing 
waters. It first encountered a strong double boom, where its 
career was for a moment cheeked, but only for a moment. The 
huge logs of which the boom was constructed snapped like pipe 
stems, and the confused mass, augmented by hundreds of mill 
logs, precipitated itself upon the mill dam. 

At one end of this stood a woolen mill filled with heavy 
machinery, a large building intended for a cotton mill and 
partly fitted up for that purpose, and a dye house, which con- 
tained all the appliances for coloring and finishing cloth. On 
the other end of the dam stood a sawmill, a joiner's shop, grist 
mill and stave mill, all in one large building. After remaining 
stationary on the dam for nearly- half an hour, the mass of ruins, 
with a mighty crash, started on its downward course, carrying 
with it the dye-house and town bridge, the splintered fragments 
of which were mingled with the already confused mass. 

The woolen mill remained firm and uninjured, but the cotton 
mill which stood at right angles with it was moved at least ten 
feet from its original foundation, and doubtless would have been 
destroyed had not the water forced a passage around one end 
and joined the main channel, leaving the building in compara- 
tive safety. However, as it was, the water rose to the second 
story of both these mills and ruined the machinery and a large 
amount of materials, and manufactured cloth. 

On the opposite side of the town road near the river's brink, 
stood a large store in which was kept an assortment of groceries, 
dry goods, and clothing; the water beat into fragments the base- 
ment of this building, but did not damage it otherwise. 

About one-fourth of a mile below Popeville stood the well- 
a])pointed sawmill belonging to Josiah S. Allen. This mill was 
said to be the best and most firmly constructed of any similar 
building in town. Having withstood the flood for some time, 
it was at length lifted bodily from its foundation, and floated 
out of sight apparently unharmed, and with the chimney stand- 



PROGRESS OP THE TOWN, INDUSTRIES, MANUPACTURES 237 

ing. At some distance below, it was dashed into a thousand 
fragments by the mad rush of the torrent. 

In this wide-spread destruction, every bridge below the 
mouth of Ditch Brook to Presumpscot River was carried away, 
excepting the one on the New County Road, near the residence 
of the late A. J. Morrell ; .while, on the Presumpscot, considerable 
damage was done at Gambo, Little Falls, and Mallison Falls, the 
bridges at all these places being destroyed. 

Shortly after this catastrophe the Pope brothers rebuilt the 
mills, and repaired damages as best they could ; and, for a few 
years, continued to do business. But they never recovered their 
old-time prosperity, and having met with other reverses, they 
were finally compelled to suspend operations, and the property 
passed to other owners. 

A man named Garnier purchased the woolen mill and com- 
micnced to make extensive repairs, when it took fire and was 
totally consumed, together with one dwelling house, the store, 
and a building one hundred feet long, that the Popes had used 
as a storehouse. The sawmill on the opposite side of the river 
Avas bought by John Keene, who used it as a grist mill and also 
for a wool carding mill. He remained here for a few years, but 
this building accidentally took fire and was burned to the 
ground, and with it a dwelling house, formerly occupied as a 
boarding house, and a large stable that stood near by. Now 
nothing remains of this once busy hamlet, save a few charred and 
blackened timbers and the rapidly decaying logs of the old dam. 

In 1866, several gentlemen of Gorham and Windham pur- 
chased the waterpower on Windham side of the Presumpscot, 
at Horse Beef, and erected on the site of the first sawmill, a small 
woolen mill, which they fitted up with one set of machinery. In 
the winter of 1867 they obtained a charter in which they are 
fifyled the "^Mallison Falls ^Manufacturing Company." One of 
the incorporators was ]Mr. Algernon L. Cole, who had been fore- 
man of several mills in ]Maine and New Hampshire. He was 
chosen superintendent of the new mill, which was put in opera- 
tion in the spring of 1867. After running for about a year, 
from lack of capital they were unsuccessful ; however, the.v sold 
stock enough to enaljle them to continue business for about two 
A'ears, when the.v were compelled to close the mill. 

It then remained idle for some time. It was finallv leased 



238 



WINDHAM IN THE PAST 



to Joseph Hurst and William ]MeQuakcr, who ran it for one year, 
with good success. At the end of that time a mutual dislike 
existing between the partners caused a dissolution of the part- 
nership, and Mr. Hurst went to Buxton, Me., where he operated 
the Hall woolen mill for a few years. Mr. McQuaker being a 
stockholder, retained his grip on the mill at Mallison Falls, which 
he ran with what seemed at the time to be fairly good success. 

In October, 1879, Thomas L. Robinson came from Oxford and 
started up the mill, which then contained one set of cards, two 
hand spinning jacks, and seven old-fashioned Andover looms. 
He obtained more looms and other machinery and ran the mill 
until the next year, when he bought the property and built a 
large addition to the original building. He fitted it up with 
improved machinery and gave employment to between seventy- 
five and one hundred workmen. He also built four tenement 
houses to accommodate his employees and made other and vari- 
ous improvements on the property. He continued in business 
until Feb. 17. 1888, when the mills were totally destroyed by fire. 

Nothing daunted, how^ever, he at once commenced the erec- 
tion of the present brick mill. This he had nearly completed 
when he was suddenly smitten with illness which proved fatal ; 
and on June 22, 1890, he passed away. Mr. Robinson was an 
active, energetic man, endowed with a fine business capacity, 
and his death was a great loss to the community. 




Woolen Mill, ISoiith Wiiiilhani, Alaiue 



PROGRESS OP THE TOWN, INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTURES 239 

His two sons, Joseph L. and Cliarles, completed the mill and 
started it in the autumn of 1891. For quite a number of years 
they continued to manufacture woolen goods of various kinds; 
but, owing to business depression, they were compelled to sus- 
pend operations a few years ago. The plant is now run by the 
Rindge Woolen Co. 



CHAPTER XI 

Industries, Manufactures, etc. 
(Continued) 

Among the industries carried on l)y the early settlers of 
Windham was that of tanning. The first person to exercise that 
handicraft in this town was doubtless John Robinson, a native 
of Dover, N. H., who came here about 1765, and bought the farm 
now owned by ^Ir. Joseph Nugent, on what is now called the 
"Gray Road." He had a small tannery which he operated in 
connection with his farm. He was a Quaker of the old school 
and died a worthy member of that denomination, Aug. 21, 1800. 

His son Timothy, born here in 1767, was also a tanner and 
currier ; and, in 1794, settled on the farm afterwards owned by 
his son, the late Oliver Robinson. Timothy had a tannery near 
Ihe town road directly in front of the well and near his dwelling 
house, where he carried on the business for many years. He 
was a Quaker, noted for his strict honesty and systematic meth- 
ods. He died June 5, 1851, and is buried in the old Quaker 
I*»urial Ground near Windham Center. 

Sometime about the commencement of the last century. 
Francis Osgood built a tan yard on the farm known as the 
" Josiah Little Place." It was built not far from the Presump- 
scot River, and traces of the old pits were plainly Adsible a few 
years ago. How long ]\Ir. Osgood remained here we do not 
know, but it is said that he Avas in Windham for a long time ; 
afterwards he removed to Portland, w^here he died. 

About the year 1827, David Allen, a Quaker, built a large 
building on the farm now owned by Royal T. ]\Iayberry, in which 
to exercise his trade as a tanner and currier. He carried on 
that business until his death, which took place Aug. 8, 1850. 
He was a fine workman and a man of undoubted integrity, and 
his death was deeply regretted by a large circle of friends and 
acquaintances. 

He was succeeded by Samuel ^layberry, who purchased the 
property in 1850-1, He operated it with good success for a long 



INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTURES, ETC. 241 

term of years; but at length failing health compelled him to 
retire from active life. He died in 1889. 

No one has succeeded him, and the art of making leather 
cannot now be included among the industries of the town. 

The manufacture of boots and shoes was formerly carried 
on here quite extensively. Just who our first shoemaker was 
Ave cannot tell positively ; but it may have been Nathaniel 
Ilawkes. He was born in old ]\Iarblehead, Aug. 31, 1740. and 
came here before 1771 ; as in that year he was married. This 
event is duly entered on the Quaker records of the Falmouth 
Quarterly fleeting, and reads as follows : 

"Nathaniel Hawkes of Windhajii, in the County of Cumber- 
land, in the Province of ^Massachusetts Bay in New England, 
Shoe ]\Iaker, son of Ebenezer and Anna Hawkes of Marblehead 
in the County of Essex in said Province ; Ebenezer being de- 
ceased; and iMercy Jones, daughter of Lemuel Jones and Waite 
his wife, of Harpswell, 7th month 27th, 1771." 

]Mr. Hawkes settled in the easterly part of the town, not far 
from the Westbrook line, and is said to have been a quiet, indus- 
trious man, and a worthy member of the Friends' Society. 

Here, let me say that the foot Avear of the early settlers was 
vastly different from that worn by their descendants ; modern 
boots were worn by ])ut few and were costly articles; hence, the 
greater part of the people Avore shoes made of stout leather and 
hand-scAved. Such a thing as a pegged shoe A\'as then unheard 
of. In the Avinter. men Avore heaA-y home-knit buskins, Avhi<'h 
effectually protected their ankles from the cold and snoAv. The 
Avriter Avell remembers scA'eral old gentlemen Avho could never 
be induced to Avear boots, but aaIio clung to the old-fashioned 
shoe and buskin as long as they lived, claiming that they Avere 
niore comfortable than that modern article, the boot. 

Timothy Robinson Avas a shoemaker, as Avell as a tanner, and 
united the tAvo trades, having a shop near his tannery and giving 
employment to a fcAV journeymen and apprentices. He AA^as 
succeeded by his son Isaac. Avho remained here a fcAV years. 
Isaac Robinson sold out to his brother Oliver, and located in some 
eastern toAvn Avhere he carried on the making of boots and shoes 
until his death. 

On coming into possession of the property, Oliver Robinson 
closed the old tanneiw and gave his attention to the manufacture 



242 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

of boots and shoes, which business he greatly enlarged. He 
built a new shop, in which he gave employment to a considerable 
number of Avorkmen and apprentices, and, in the course of a few 
years, became the principal manufacturer of men's foot wear in 
Windham. He was a pleasant, kind-hearted gentleman, and 
was highly respected for his honest dealings. He spent his 
entire life of nearly 80 years on the farm where his father first 
settled, and died there Mar. 5, 1890. 

For several years, Greenleaf Senter manufactured women's 
shoes at "Windham Hill, where he had a shop and gave employ- 
ment to quite a number of journeymen. He finally retired and 
died, leaving no successor. . 

Andrew Allen and his sons, Thomas and William H., at one 
time had a shop near Baker's Corner, where they manufactured 
boots and shoes, and also leather hose pipe for the Portland fire 
department ; but, in the lapse of time, they suspended operations 
and gave their time wholly to farming. 

The foregoing were the principal shoe manufacturers in 
town, fifty years ago, but the business has become a thing of the 
past, and the shoes worn by both sexes are now made almost 
entirely by machinery. 

In the early days it was customary for each householder to 
buy his own leather, and, at certain periods every year, to have 
a shoemaker come to his house and make the shoes for the family, 
big and little. This class of workmen used to go from house 
to house, carrying their tools in a stout bag or tied up in their 
h'athcr aprons ; while their advent into a household was always 
a source of great pleasure to the younger members of the family. 
This method was known to shoemakers as "Whipping the cat." 
Among those in this town who went about in this manner we 
remember Benjamin Goold, Peter Elder, Andrew Bodge. George 
Goold, and Frederick Smith, all of whom have been dead for 
many years. 

The first blacksmith to exercise that handicraft in Windham 
was William Mayberry, w^hose career in Windham is fully de- 
scribed elsewhere in this book. 

Col. Timothy Pike was a blacksmith. He was a native of 
Newbury, jMass., and had a shop in Portland, before 1764. He 
came to Windham, previous to 1777, but we do not know where 
he settled in this town, neither can we tell whether he ever 



INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTURES, ETC. 243 

worked at his trade here, but it is quite likely that he did. He 
remained here until 1779, when he went to Sacearappa, and we 
think that he died there. Col. Pike was an active, influential 
n:ian, and through his removal the town lost a valuable citizen. 

Al)out 1800, Daniel Frost, a native of Gorham, had a black- 
smith's shop at Gambo, which stood near where the present 
schoolhouse stands. This he operated for many years. 

As early as 1825, Joseph C. Larry, also a native of Gorham, 
who had learned the trade of ]\Ir. Frost, built a shop and estab- 
lished himself as a blacksmith near the mouth of the "Horse 
Beef Road" in Windham. (See Larry genealogy.) 

In 183-3, "William Bacon had a shop at South Windham, where 
he worked at blacksmithing. It stood on the spot where the 
grocery store of AVilliam Bickford and Company now stands. 
]\Ir. Bacon continued to work at his trade until 1843, when he 
sold his tools and leased his shop to John A. Bodge, who had been 
his apprentice. 

^Ir. Bodge had as a partner James Crockett, and they carried 
on the business for one year, when they dissolved the partnership. 
Mr. Bodge then built a shop on land now owned by the pulp 
company, and for some time did a large amount of work, but 
he finally sold out, and both he and his former partner, Crockett, 
afterwards became Freewill Baptist clergymen. 

John Bacon, brother of William, came originally from Gor- 
bam and was a blacksmith. He owned a farm on the River Road 
at South Windham, where he built a shop, nearly opposite the 
residence of the late Jonathan Sanborn. He was a very indus- 
trious man, and loved farming better than he did his trade, and 
spent but little time at his forge. He lived to be quite aged 
and died in the winter of 1892. 

Elijah Pope, ancestor of the Popes of Windham, was a black- 
smith. He came to this town from Falmouth, about the year 
1769, and purchased a farm near Pleasant River, it being the 
same on which his grandson, Oliver Pope, afterwards lived. 
He built a shop near the present Ijrick house, now owned by ^Ir. 
Peter Trickey, where he worked at his trade for a long term 
of years. He was a Quaker. He is said to have been a fine 
workman and had a large number of customers. 

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244 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Oriental Hall now stands, at South Windham, and carried on 
blacksmithing for a few years. (See Larry genealogy.) 

Samuel Bragdon did the iron work for the Oriental Powder 
Company for a long term of years; he also had a shop at one 
time on the Gray Road opposite the residence of Fred A. Cash. 
Old age finally compelled him to retire from active life, and he 
died not long afterwards. 

During the period of their prosperity, Isaiah Pope and Co. 
gave constant employment to a blacksmith and had. at different 
times, Jason Knight, who afterward located at Windham Center ; 
Ransom Morton, a very ingenious workman ; Thomas Frost ; and 
George G. Young, in that capacity. A few years ago, George 
Long had a shop at South Windham, in which he worked at his 
trade of blacksmith, but he finally gave up the shop, and now 
does the iron work for the pulp company. 

William C. Jordan came here from Windham Hill and hired 
Long's shop, where he worked for a short time. He then built 
the shop that stands near the Universalist Church, and is the 
only iron w^orker on Windham side of the river. The other 
smiths in town are Linwood Rogers and L. ]\I. ^Morrill, at Wind- 
ham Center; Amos ^lann, W. H. Rogers, and Royal Edwards 
at North Windham. 

Elijah Varney was by trade a carriage maker and for several 
years manufactured different kinds of carriages at W^indham 
Center. He had in his employ a number of workmen, but gave 
up this occupation to engage in the manufacture of long and 
short lumber. 

In 1847, Edward T. Smith, who had been one of ]\Ir. Var- 
ney 's apprentices, located at Little Falls and commenced to 
manufacture carriages in William Bacon's old shop on Depot 
street. He remained there until burned out, when he purchased 
the shop built by M. P. Larry on Main Street, where he carried 
on business for nearly fifty years. He died July 6. 1909, aged 
83 years. 

The first carpenter and joiner in this town of whom we have 
any knowledge was Nathaniel Cogswell, one of the original 
grantees. We find an account of him in Chapter IV. 

Another of the grantees, who is called "a chairmaker, " was 
Nathaniel Evans. He settled on Home Lot No. 55, and tradition 
asserts that he was a joiner as well as a chairmaker. He was 



INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTURES, ETC. 245 

a native of Marblehead and died in Windham, in exti^eme old 
age. 

Richard Dole was a joiner, but sometimes calls himself "a 
chairmaker," which, w^e suppose, means more particularly a 
cabinetmaker. However, for many years he w^as the principal 
carpenter and builder in town. 

Samuel Dole, son of Richard, learned his father's trade and 
worked at the business until old age disqualified him for active 
life. He always lived in Windham and died there at the age of 
79 years. 

James Loveitt, known as Captain James, a native of Wind- 
ham, in early life learned the carpenter's trade and, throughout 
his long life of 84 years, made it his principal occupation, even 
in old age being noted for the excellence of his work. 

Jonathan Stevens was a carpenter and millwright. His sons, 
William and Abner, were fine w^orkmen, both as carpenters and 
joiners. 

James Crague w^as a very ingenious w^oodw^orker, famous in 
his time for the manufacture of old-fashioned ploughs, ox-yokes, 
harrows, and other farming implements. He finally became 
totally blind and remained in that condition until his death, 
which took place Dec. 8, 1872. 

Calvin Emery came from some part of Massachusetts. He 
was a millwright by trade and worked many years for the 
powder company at Gambo, 

The late Thomas Bodge was a master builder and contractor. 
[See Bodge genealogy.) 

His son, Elbridge S. Bodge, also a carpenter and joiner, 
worked at that trade many years for the Sebago Wood Board 
Company, at South Windham. 

William Loveitt, son of Capt. James, and Charles B. Walker 
were both carpenters, joiners, and master mechanics, and were 
employed by the Oriental Powder Co. for many years. 

William A. Larry and Perley E. Mitchell are carpenters and 
joiners. Mr. Larry has built several houses at South Windham 
and was employed, for many years, as master workman by the 
"Robinson Woolen Company." Mr. IMitchell is employed by 
the ''Eastern Dynamite Co." at Newhall. Both these gentle- 
men are natives of this town, and reside at Little Falls. 

About the year 1825, John Goodell came to this town from 



246 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Kennebunk, Me. He was a potter by trade, and so far as we 
can learn, the only one who ever exercised that handicraft in 
Windham. He located first, near the intersection of the Horse 
Beef and River Roads, on the eastern side of the latter, where 
traces of his workshop and the cellar of his house are yet to be 
seen, the lot being now included in the farm of the late John 
Webb, Esq. He remained there a few years and then purchased 
the farm on which Isaiah Staples now lives. There he built a 
large barn-like structure, one end of which was fitted up as a 
workshop, while the other contained the huge kiln, where, at 
stated intervals, he burned his old-fashioned brown earthenware. 
In this shop he constantly labored until his death in 1850. 

Shortly after the close of the Indian wars, when the inhabit- 
ants of Windham commenced to rebuild their dwellings, — which, 
as the old records tell us, they found "rotten down" on their 
return from the fort, — a brickyard was established on the farm 
now owned by ]\Ir. Lars Klagenberg, then a part of the ^layberry 
estate. This appears to have been a sort of neighborhood prop- 
erty, and tradition asserts that all the bricks used in this vicinity, 
previous to the Revolutionary War, were made in this yard. 
Traces of the old yard are still to be seen. 

In 1788-9, John A. Knight came to Windham from Falmouth 
and settled in the easterly part of the town. Among other occu- 
pations he had a brickyard on his farm near Pleasant River, in 
the northeasterly part of the town. He was a "brick-layer" 
by trade and made the bricks used in his business. His farm is 
the same now owned by his grandson, Albert Knight. 

In 1812, Thomas Bodge, Sr., had a brick-yard on the banks 
of the little brook that crosses the town road near where IVIr. 
John A. Cobb afterwards lived. This yard was on the northerly 
side of the road, and relics of the former occupancy are often 
brought to light by the plough. 

Joseph Cook, sometime between 1840 and 1850, made bricks 
on the farm now owned by Mr. Dana A. Lowell, near Popeville. 

We have been informed, that at one time, bricks were manu- 
factured quite extensively on the land of Ezekiel Varney; also 
that Oliver Winslow had a brick-yard near the banks of Calley 
Wright Brook, in the Hanson neighborhood; and that a Mr. 
Sawj'er had one near the residence of the late Heman Cobb. 



INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTURES, ETC 247 

There may have been others, but those above-mentioned are all 
of which we have any positive knowledge in Windham. 

About 1850, Joel Allen erected a large building, on the easterly 
side of the Gray Road, near the mouth of the road leading to the 
village of Gambo, in which he manufactured ploughs and had 
at one time, an iron foundry attached. His son, Cyrus K. Allen, 
was associated with him, and for several years they did a con- 
siderable business. 

Mr. William F. Hall, an ingenious mechanic, had a shop on 
the Portland Road, near AVindham Center, where he made 
ploughs and various other farming tools for a long term of 
years. He was noted for his fine workmanship, and his ploughs 
were long regarded Ijy the farmers of Cumberland County as the 
best in use. Mr. Hall died July 10, 1911, after an active life 
of 90 years. 

In addition to John A. Knight, the masons and brick-layers 
in Windham have been: Allen Hamblen, his two sons, George 
W. and Byron, Richard Sylvester, and Edwin Cobb, all of whom 
have left specimens of their handiwork in various parts of the 
town. 

Formerly a large amount of men's clothing was made in this 
and the neighboring towns, for wholesale manufacturers in Bos- 
ton, New York and Chicago ; Isaiah Pope and Co. being the first 
to establish the business here, about 1850. Others followed their 
example, and, in a short time, a considerable industry grew up, 
which furnished employment for many workmen of both sexes. 
This continued until after the Civil War. In addition to the 
I'ope brothers, those in Windham engaged in the business w^ere 
S. H. Staples & Co. at Windham Center, Augustus H. Little at 
the Hill, and Rogers & Varney, afterward Rogers & Goold, at 
North Windham. 



CHAPTER XII 

Grocers and General Traders. Lawyers. 

Associations 



Physicians. 



Just who was the first grocer and general trader in Windham 
Ave have no means of knowing. A well-authenticated tradition 
asserts that the first settler, Capt. Thomas Chute, for several 
years, kept a small stock of groceries in his house, which he sold 
to his fellow settlers. If this tradition is true, ]Mr Chute must 
be regarded as the pioneer merchant of tlie town. It is probable 
that during the Revolutionary period there was a grocery store 
at ancient "Horse Beef." but it was, it is said, on Gorham side 
of the river. This, however, is purely traditional. 

In 1769, Jonathan Loveitt, a native of Cape Elizabeth, came 
to Windham and located at Gambo. (See Loveitt genealogy.) 

Probably the next grocer to locate here was Paul Little, a 
native of Newbury, Mass., from which place he came to Port- 
land, in 1761, and had a store on King (now India) Street. He 
traded there until the town was destroyed by Capt. ]\Iowatt, in 




Main Street, North "Windham, Maine 



TRADERS, LAWYERS, PHYSICIANS, ASSOCIATIONS 249 

1775, after which he removed to "Windham, and we find him a 
taxpayer here in 1776. He purchased a large tract of land, 
including the farm now owned by Mr. Benjamin Spear, and the 
house which he built is still standing, and occupied by Mr. 
Spear. Tradition says that ]\Ir. Little built a store near his 
dwelling-house, but we are unable to locate the exact spot. We 
are also informed that he did a large amount of business as a 
grocer and general trader. He died in Windham, ^Nlay 23, 1818, 
aged 78 years. 

About 1792, Thomas Smith, son of the Kev. Peter T. Smith, 
had a store on the westerly side of the ]Main Road, nearly oppo- 
site the residence of the late Hannah E. Whittier. He, too, 
dealt in both dry goods and groceries and did a large business 
for those times. He continued in trade until his death, which 
took place Feb. 27. 1802. He is said to have been a very pleas- 
ant, warm-hearted man. and very popular with his townsmen. 
His death was the result of an accident, and his age was 32 years. 

Shortly after the death of ]\Ir. Smith, Jonathan Andrew 
(father of Gov. John A. Andrew) established himself in the 
grocery business at the corner of the road leading from the ]\Iain 
Road to Little Falls. There he remained several years, but he 
afterwards removed to the village and was the first trader in 
that place. His store stood nearly opposite what is known as the 
"Old Tavern." He remained here until about 1832, when he 
closed his business, and having amassed a considerable fortune, 
moved to Boxford, Mass., where he died, in 18-49. 

]\Ir. Andrew was succeeded by Moses Little, a native of 
Windham, who commenced business in the Andrew store and 
traded there until his death, Sept. 14, 1843. Mr. Little was a 
general favorite with all classes, especially with young people. 

He was succeeded by Albert Webb, who purchased the stock 
of goods of Mr. Little's administrator and continued the busi- 
ness for a few years. Being desirous of a larger field of opera- 
tion, he moved to Portland, where, for a long term of years he 
was a successful wholesale grocer. He died in Windham, Mar. 
7, 1900. 

The next grocer and general trader in Little Falls was Dea. 
William Bacon, a blacksmith by trade. Becoming tired of the 
anvil and leather apron, in the summer of 1845, he converted, 
his blacksmith shop into a store, purchased a stock of dry goods 



250 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

and groceries, and became at once a full-fledged merchant. 
Contrary to all expectations, he was successful, and in a year or 
two, built a store on the site of the Andrew store where he re- 
n^ained a short time, having as a partner, first, Alfred M. Bur- 
ton, and later, Albert Stevens, both of whom were wholesale 
dealers in Portland. In the mean time, Mr. Bacon's former 
blacksmith shop was destroyed by fire, and he moved his store 
to the lot on Depot Street, where he continued in business until 
old age disqualified him for active life. 

In 1845, Jonathan Hanson, who had kept a grocery store at 
ancient Horse Beef, on Gorham side, moved into the brick store 
on the corner of Main and Depot Streets, where he did a safe 
and remunerative business for a long term of years. On retir- 
ing, he moved to Portland, where he died several years ago. 

William Bickford came to South "Windham from Casco, Mar. 
1, 1869. He purchased the Bacon property, removed the old 
store, and built on the same spot a large and commodious store 
in which he kept a full assortment of groceries, dry and fancy 
goods. His son, William H. Bickford, was his partner, and still 
continues the business. Mr. William Bickford died April 25, 
1893. 

James A. Magnusson, a native of Sweden, has for several 
years kept a well-appointed grocery in the store where Jonathan 
Hanson formerly traded. 

Elias Strout kept a grocery store for a year or so on Main 
Street, but removed to Gorham side of the river, where he re- 
mained for a short time. 

George W. Swett kept the first drug store in South Wind- 
ham. After several years in the business, he sold out to Dr. 
Charles W. Bailey and shortly afterwards moved to Portland, 
where he died Jan. 20, 1903. He was a veteran of the Civil 
War and lost a leg at the Battle of Cane River. 

Dr. Bailey soon retired from business and was succeeded by 
F'aniel M. Rand, a native of the village, who remained here a 
number of years. Wishing for a more extended field of trade, 
he sold out to Andy L. Hoyt, who came from Dover, Me., and 
who is now the only druggist in town. 

F. W. Bryant had a store on IMechanic Street where he dealt 
in meats and provisions quite extensively. His son, Ralph 
Bryant, now carries on the business. 



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251 



The first merchant and general trader to locate at what is 
now the village of "Windham Hill was Maj. Edward Anderson. 
(See Anderson genealogy.) 

Another early trader at, or near the Hill, tradition says, was 
William Mayberry. He was known as "Marchant Bill." We 
have not been able to locate the site of his place of business. 
Several years ago one of his descendants recited to me the fol- 
lowing couplet relating to this man, said to have been composed 
by a customer to whom he refused credit for a glass of liquor: 

''Marchant Bill lived under the hill, 
Bought by the quart and sold by the gill. ' ' 

The inference to be drawn from this is that his commercial 
operations were not conducted on a very extensive scale, and also 
that his stock in trade consisted largely of liquid refreshments. 

Other early traders at the "Hill" were James Hawkes, Jr., 
Thomas Little, Samuel R. Hawkes, Samuel Hanson, and more 
recently, Charles H. Doughty, George W. Davis, and Samuel 
Garland. 

At Windham Center, Alley Hawkes had a grocery and gen- 
eral store which he operated for a long term of years. His store 
stood on the southwesterly corner of the Gray and Portland 
roads. At the time of his death i\Ir. Hawkes was probably the 




street in Windham Center 



252 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

best known trader in town. He died Oct. 24, 1890, at the age 
of 81 years, and was succeeded by his son, Fred S. Hawkes, who 
with his son William C. Hawkes, still continues the business. 

About 1849-50, several citizens living in the vicinity of Wind- 
ham Center formed a co-operative association, for the purpose 
of purchasing groceries and other goods direct from the manu- 
facturers and wholesale dealers, thus saving the retailers' 
profits. These gentlemen, who were quite enthusiastic over the 
new scheme, bought a lot, on which they erected a building. It 
stood on the spot now occupied by the establishment of Fred 
S. Hawkes, and was fitted up and stocked with the usual articles 
Icept for sale in country stores. Mr. Charles Jones was em- 
ployed as general manager, and for a short time everything 
went along prosperously; but after a year or two, the venture 
proved unsuccessful, and the association dissolved. The build- 
ing was sold to ]\Ir. Stephen H. Staples, who used it as a tailor 
shop and general store. ]Mr. Staples continued to operate this 
store until failing health compelled him to retire, and he died 
Oct. 14, 1888. 

The late Andrew J. ]Morrill had a grocery and general store 
about one mile from Windham Center, at the village known as 
"Morrill's Corner." His store is still standing on the corner 
of the Gray and Portland roads, and is owned and occupied by 
Foster Bros. & Co. ]Mr. ^Morrill was a very popular man in 
town and had many warm personal friends. He died in the 
prime of life and was succeeded by Charles Hasty, who, after 
remaining here a few years, went to Lewiston, Me., where he 
now resides. 

In the early part of the last century Ichabod Baker operated 
a grocery store at the little hamlet that still bears his name, in 
the easterly part of the town. He appears to have had quite 
an extensive trade for many years. His two sons, Seward M. 
and Isaiah H. Baker, succeeded him and did a large and success- 
ful business. Both are now dead, and their property has passed 
to other hands. The brothers Baker were very popular men in 
town. Seward M. was at one time Sheriff of Cumberland 
County. 

Isaiah Pope & Company, in connection with their manufac- 
turing interests, had a grocery store at the village of Popeville. 
This store, which stood on the westerly side of the road, near 



TRADERS, LAWYERS, PHYSICIANS, ASSOCIATIONS 253 

the bridge, was. with other buildings, totally destroyed by fire 

a few years ago. -, ^ T/a? + 

At North Windham many traders have located at different 
times Columbus Hunt and John Collins were among the early 
.nerehants there. Charles and J. Reed Rogers came later. 
Several vears ago Henry H. Boody had a large store there and, 
at that time, was the principal trader in that part of Wnrdhaim 
L S. Freeman and W. H. Cram & Son are among the recent 
merchants, who are not now in business there 

*Thomks S. Nason and Howard H. Boody are the present 
merchants at North Windham. 

Mrs. Lizzie Pride Boody carries a line of millinery and fancy 

goods. 

Lawyers 
Several lawyers have, at different times, located in Windham. 
The first one of whom we have any record was Joseph Pope. 
He was born in the town of Spencer, Worcester County, Mass. ; 
graduated at Dartmouth College in the class of 1^98 ; and read 
law with Plinv Merrick of Brookfield. He was admitted to tire 
Cumberland bar in 1804 and opened an office for the practice 
of law at Windham Hill, in 1803. He delivered an oration 
before the citizens of Windham, July 4 1804. ^; ^^^o^ h^^ 
moved to Portland, where he remained until 181.3. He then 
"turned to Windham, where he resided until 1815; then went 
again to Portland and was living there m 1839. 

Hezekiah Frost was another lawyer in early times. (See 

Frost genealogy.) . i +^ ^,. +v,w 
Thomas Amory Deblois was the next lawyer to locate m this 
town. He was a native of Boston; graduated at Harvard Col- 
lege in the class of 1813; came to Maine ^^'^ ff''i^''\l'f;^ 
sion with Col. S. A. Bradley, of Fryeburg, and Gen. Samuel Fe. 
senden of New Gloucester. He commenced the practi e of aw 
m Windham in 1816. He removed to Portland m 819 ad 
spent the remainder of his life there. For many ^-is h iv 
joyed the highest reputation as a counsellor and had a laige 
I>ractice. . 

* Since the above .-as written, Warren Freeman has opened a general 
store at No. Windham. 



254 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

John Eveletli was born in New Gloucester and graduated 
at Bowdoin College in 1814. He read law with Samuel Fessen- 
den. He came to Windham and commenced the practice of law, 
Pec. 7, 1819, and spent the remainder of his life here. He was 
a wise and judicious counsellor, an honest man, and greatly 
respected. He died Sept. 17, 1859. 

David Porter Baker, son of Gen. Elias Baker, was born in 
AVindham, March 15, 1822. He read law with the firm of Wells 
& Sweat of Portland. After finishing his studies, he opened an 
office in his native town at the village of North Windham, where 
he remained until his death, May 23, 1860. Mr, Baker was a 
man of fine intellectual abilities, a ready and eloquent speaker, 
and a safe counsellor. He was greatly interested in our common 
schools and served several terms on the superintending school 
committee. His health, never good, finally gave way under the 
strain of his manifold labors, and he died of consumption at the 
early age of 38 years — a loss to the town. 

Peter Rowe Hall was the son of Gen. Daniel Hall and was 
born in Windham, Oct. 23. 1826. He began life as a school 
teacher, in which profession he was eminently successful. He 
afterward studied law and succeeded ^Ir. Eveleth at Windham 
Hill, He practiced his profession there six or seven years. 
Being chosen county treasurer, he removed to Portland, where 
he died July 28, 1869, aged 42 years. 

Col. John Clifford Cobb, son of Jonathan and Mary (Stuart) 
Cobb, was born in Westbrook. ]\lar. 3, 1837. He studied law 
and settled in Windham, where he opened an office at the ' ' Hill ' ' 
and remained there for a number of years. When the Civil 
War came, he enlisted in Co. D, 15th Me. Regt., and was chosen 
lieutenant of the company. Later he was promoted to be a 
colonel. After his discharge, he returned to Windham where 
he remained a short time. He then located in Portland and died 
there, April 2, 1910, after a successful life as an attorney and 
eounsellor-at-law. 

Thomas L. Smith, in his history of the town, gives the names 
of Barker Curtis and Asa Mitchell as lawyers. Of these men 
we know nothing whatever. He also mentions Thaddeus S. 
Chase, Freeland A. Staples, T. S. Brigham and John 0. Win- 
ship, as practicing lawyers here. With the exception of Mr. 
Chase, none of these remained but a short time. Mr. Chase had 



TRADERS, LAWYERS, PHYSICIANS, ASSOCIATIONS 255 

an office at North Windham and died there. Jan. 28, 1876, aged 
44 years. At the present time there is no lawyer located in 
town. 

Physicians 

The first physician to settle in this town was Dr. Caleb Rea 
(or Rhea). (See Rea genealogy.) 

Dr. James Paine was the second physician to settle in this 
town. He came from Limerick, Me., in 1797, within a year 
after the death of Dr. Rea ; settled at Little Falls, and remained 
here in practice until 1818. His health having failed he re- 
moved to Portland, where he died Feb. 22, 1822, aged 63 years. 
Dr. Paine built a house on the hill near the depot at South 
AVindham, which he afterwards sold to Jonathan Andrew, who 
occupied it until he removed to Boxford, ]\Iass. In this house 
his son, John A. Andrew^ afterw^ards Governor of ]Massachusetts, 
was born May 31, 1818. 

The other physicians who have located at Little Falls have 
been: S. W. Baker, Eli Edgecomb, James M. Buzzell, Isaiah 
Hedge, Silas E. Sylvester, Roscoe G. Millikin, Frank Carter, 
F. A. Harris, John Swan, and N. AI. ^Marshall. 

At "Windham Hill Dr. John Waterman resided for many 
years. He moved to Gorham and died there June 11, 1865. 
He was long the princiiial physician in Windham. 

Other physicians at the "Hill" were Drs. J. A. Parsons, 
Charles G. Parsons, Seth C. Hunkins, Lewis W. Houghton, T. S. 
Weston, James P. Webb, George L. Kilgore, Bertrand F. Dunn, 
and Isaac D. Harper. 

At North Windham Dr. Reuben B. Jordan, a native of Ray- 
mond, ]\Ie., who graduated at the Medical School of ]\Iaine in 
1870, practised until his death. 

Dr. Charles F. Parker is now the only physician in North 
Windham. 

Public Houses 

For several years after Windham was first settled, there was 
no public house kept within its limits. Travelers were few in 
that day ; and, if any came, they were cordially welcomed and 
entertained by some one of the settlers. It is said that our first 



256 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

settler, Capt. Thomas Chute, for many years kept an open house 
for all comers, which is probably true. 

But, as the population increased, and roads were built to 
communicate with other towns, several public houses were 
opened in different parts of the town. 

AA^here the first one was located, we do not know ; ])ut in 1832 
Andrew Libby opened a public house, (or as it was then called, 
a tavern) at Little Falls, where he remained a few years. He 
then sold to AVilliam Silla, who. in turn, leased the premises to 
Eben Hicks. The latter shortly retired, and Air. Silla again 
became the landlord. 

In 1840, the late Thomas Bodge refitted the house and re- 
mained in possession until 1848. when he retired, and Air. Silla 
again took possession. 

The old hostelry is still standing on the corner of Alain and 
Depot Streets. It has been used as a tenement house for many 
years, but is yet known as the ' ' Old Tavern. ' ' 

Another one of these old taverns was at North AVindham, 
and was kept by Edmund Boody for many years. This stood 
on the road leading from Portland to Bridgton. It was quite 
noted in its day, and, for many years did a flourishing business. 
It had several landlords after Air. Boody retired, among whom 
may be mentioned John York and a Air. Stanley. The old house 
was taken down several years ago, and its site is now occupied 
by the large store of Howard Boody. 

Sometime previous to 1839, James Greenough kept a public 
house at AVindham Center, in the building now owned and oc- 
cupied by Fred S. Hawkes. This house was built by Samuel 
Hanson, who died here, Alar. 31, 1813. 

Air. Greenough did not stay here long, and AVilliam H. Smith 
became the landlord and remained many years. He was noted 
for his genial manners and was exceedingly popular with his 
patrons; he afterwards went to the neighboring town of Ray- 
mond, where he kept the celebrated Longley tavern. 

At AVindham Hill, a public house was established early in the 
history of the town, but at what time or who the proprietor was 
we do not know. AVe have been informed that George AV. Davis 
was one of the early landlords; and that after him came Air. 
Jason AVebb, who is yet remembered by many citizens of this and 
the neighboring towns, as the genial landlord of the old hostelry. 



TRADERS. LAWYERS, PHYSICIANS, ASSOCIATIONS 2o7 

In 1904, there were two hotels at the village of North Wind- 
ham, kept by L. S. Freeman and F. E. Yates. ]\Ir. Freeman is 
still in the business. 

It is possible there may have been other public houses in 
to\^Ti, but the above were the principal ones. 

Associations 

The first secret society organized in this town was known 
as the "Rechabites." This was a temperance society, having 
sick benefits attached. A lodge (or as they called it, a "tent") 
was organized at South Windham, about 1845. It was, we think, 
the only one in Windham. For two or three years they held 
stated meetings and did a good work for temperance and 
morality in general ; but, at length, the enthusiasm died out, and 
the society here disbanded. 

About 1848, a lodge of "Temperance Watchmen" was or- 
ganized at Little Falls, and, at about the same time, lodges of 
the order were instituted at Windham Hill and at East WMnd- 
ham. This was, as the name indicates, a purely temperance 
organization, and it was very popular through New England for 
several years. However, in the process of time, this society 
became a thing of the past, being succeeded by the "Good 
Templars," another temperance organization whose member- 
ship included people of both sexes. This order flourished for 
several years and was successful in the work of saving men from 
the evil efifects of intemperance. It at length ceased work as an 
organization, and we think there is no lodge of the order now 
existing in town. 

Presumpscot Lodge of Free and Accepted ^Masons was char- 
tered May 3. 1866, at Windham Hill. There they built a hall, 
in which they met for a few years ; but as many of the members 
lived in Raymond, the building was moved to North Windham. 
They have a fine location there and at present are prosperous 
and increasing in numbers. Their lodge number is 127 on the 
list of Maine lodges. They hold stated meetings the Saturday 
on or before the full moon in each month. 

On March 8. 1878, Oriental Lodge. Knights of Pythias, was 
instituted at South Windham, with 27 charter members. It is 
numbered 17 in the list of lodges of the order in ]\Iaine. This 
is a fraternal and benefit order, and. from the first, has been 



258 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

flourishing and deservedly popular. They have a large and com- 
modious hall at Little Falls in which they hold regular meetings. 
The other associations in town, at the present time are: 
Patrons of Husbandry at Pleasant River; the AA^oman's Relief 
Corps; United Order of the Golden Cross, and Improved Order 
of Red Men (Nagwamqueeg Tribe). 



CHAPTER XIII 

Windham in the Rebellion 

We have no need to recite the causes that operated to pro- 
duce the war between the North and South. They are matters 
pertaining to American history, and, as such, have been fully 
discussed. Suffice it to say that its principal cause originated 
in the well-known political doctrine called "State Rights," 
which asserted that the States had a legal right to secede from 
the Union. 

During this war Windham promptly honored every call for 
men for the Union Army, until there went out from this town 
374 of her citizens. The following is a list of the men who 
served in the Union Army from Windham: 

First Regiment, Maine Volunteers 

Three-Months Men 
Albert Lowell, Company C. 
Isaac Whitney, Company C. 
Benjamin F. Whitney, Company C. 
William H. Brown, Company D. 
Amos H. Hanson, Company I. 
]Mark S. Varney, Company I. 

Third Regiment 
Johnj Pettengill, Company H. 
James Murphy, Company A. 
Leon Duplais, Company A. 
Walter Wells, Company A. 

Fourth Regiment 
Seth C. Hunkins, Surgeon. 
George Johnson, Company H. 
George F. Johnson, Company K. 
Antonio Lopes, Company H. 



260 windham in the past 

Fifth Regiment 
Daniel M. Wescott, Eegt. Band. 
Francis A. Cloudman, Regt. Band. 
Joseph W. Doughty, Regt. Band. 
Luther W. Wiswell, Regt. Band. 
Osgood W. Rogers, Company A. 
Clinton B. Hooper. Company A. 
John Rogers, Company A. 
Almon Shaw, Company A. 
Charles H. Wheeler, Company A. 
John G. Anthoine. Company Gr. 
Ambrose Anthoine, Company G. 
Benjamin C. Watson, Company G. 
Elisha W. Wallace, Company G. 
William K. Austin, Company H. 
Samuel Y. Shaw, Company I. 

Seventh Regiment 
Eben M. Field, Company G. 
Mark D. Swett, Company E. 
Adrial Leighton, Company E. 
Augustus Ardman, Company G. 
Gustus Herrick, Company G. 
George F, Hawkes, Company I. 

Tenth Regiment 
Benjamin F. Whitney, 1st Lieut., Company B. 
William R. Mabury, Company C. 
Amos K. Hodsdon, Company E. 
Moses Little, Company I. 
Frank Paine, Company I. 
Alonzo H. Quimby, Company I. 
Jeremiah P. W. Roach, Company I. 
William Bodge, Company B. 
Solomon Mains, Company G. 
Charles H. Wentworth, Company H. 
Francis G. Boody, Company C. 
Leonard Boody, Company C. 

Eleventh Regiment 
James W. Little, Company F. 



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Albert Maxfield, Company H. 
John Jones, Company B. 
^lichael Ryan. Company B. 
Joseph A. Graffam, Company G. 
William P. Knight, Company G. 
Albert L. Matthews, Company G. 
Charles A. Dalton, Company K. 
William P. Nason, Companj^ F. 
Robert H. Jackson, Company F. 

Eighth Regiment 
Nelson Mabury, Regt. Band. 

Ninth Regiment 
Sargent S. Freeman, Company K. 
Amos H. Hanson, Company K. 
Robert Graffam. Company K. 
Albert Graffam, Company K. 
Warren Howe, Company K. 
Stephen Libby, Company K. 
Elbridge Libby, Company K, 
Joseph K. Manchester, Company K. 
Frank Morton, Company K. 
Charles E. ]\Iorton, Company K, 
Nathan A. Strout, Company K. 
James L. Small, Coinpany K. 
Estes Strout, Company K. 
George H. Nason, Company K. 
]\Iichael IMcGrath, Company B. 
Lewis D. Knight, Company B. 
John Brown, Company I. 

Twelfth Regiment 
Hamilton S. Low^ell, Company E., Lieut, promoted to Capt. 
John W. Lombard, Company G. 
Charles M. Akers, Company E. 
Edwin W. Thompson, Company E. 

Thirteenth Regiment 
Moses Hunt, Company F. 



262 windham in the past 

Fifteenth Kegiment 
John C. Cobb, Company D., Lieut, promoted to Colonel. 
Elvin J. Maxwell, Company D., promoted to Captain. 
Jason Hanson, Company D, 
Lyman W. Hanson, Company D. 
Ephraim Legrow, Company D. 
John Mears, Company D. 
James L. Mabury, Company D. 
Daniel Tyler, Company D. 
Albert Authenrieth, Company D. 

Sixteenth Regiment 
Oliver H. Lowell, Company F., Capt. 
Isaac R. Whitney, promoted to 1st Lieut. 
Lorenzo D. Libby, Company F. 
Albert Powers, Company F. 
Edward L. Varney, Company F. 

Seventeenth Regiment 
Stephen T. Morton, Company B. 
George R. Cobb, Company B. 
Joseph Weseott, Company B. 
Daniel Cobb, Company D. 
Richard L. Libby, Company F. 
Charles J. Bond, Company H. 
Thomas H. Jordan, Company H. 
Uriah Cobb, Company H. 
Joseph G. Elder, Company H. 
Oliver R. Gallison, Company H. 
William S. Hanscomb, Company H. 
Meshach P. Larry, Company H. 
Elias H. Libby, Company H. 
Paul E. Little, Company H. 
George W. Rackliff, Company H. 
Royal Rand, Company H. 
Emanuel Thomas, Company H. 
Renselear Morton, Company H. 

Twentieth Regiment 
Randall B. Morton, Company D. 
Andrew D. Mabury, Company D. 



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Eben F. Manchester, Company I. 
James R. Cash, Company I. 
George T. Bacon, Company A. 
Harrison Brazier, Company A. 
John A. Knight, Company A. 
Jvathan ]\Iason. Company A. 
George Brickett. Company A. 

Twenty-Fifth Regiment 
Samuel T. Johnson. Company F, 1st Lieut. 
Charles Jones, Company F, 2d Lieut. 
J. Doughty, Company F. Band. 
Webb Hall, Company F. 
Charles B. Hooper, Company F. 
Peter Stuart. Company F. 
Sumner C. Bolton, Company F. 
Charles L. Cobb, Company F. 
T'^ranklin Hanson, Company F. 
Charles E. Emery, Company F. 
Henry W. Allen, Company F. 
Alvin Allen, Company F. 
George W. Anderson, Company F. 
Thomas Anderson, Company F. 
George C. Andrews, Company F. 
James W. Anthoine, Company F. 
Joseph H. Anthoine, Company F. 
Cotton ]\I. Bradbury, Company F. 
Isaac Cobb, Company F. 
Charles A. Cobb. Company F. 
Charles H. Dial, Company F. 
Daniel H. Dole, Company F. 
Nathaniel Dolly. Company F. 
Stephen W. Elder, Company F. 
Robert Estes, Company F. 
Willard Fairbanks, Company F. 
Ezra D. Felker, Company F. 
William A. Field, Company F. 
John N. Graffam, Company F. 
Jason Hanson, Company F, 



264 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Warren Hanson, Company B. 
Samuel V. Haskell, Company F. 
David A. Hatch, Company F. 
William H. Hawkes, Company F. 
Joseph Hill, Company F. 
William H. Irish, Company F. 
Bela P. Libby, Company F. 
Joseph Libby, Company F. 
Charles Lombard, Company F. 
Samuel Mabury, Company F. 
Nathan G. Nash, Company H. 
Charles Nash, Company K. 
Jason N. Pride, Company F. 
Alonzo Smith, Company F. 
Josiah W. Smith, Company F. 
David Stevens, Company F. 
Richard Sylvester, Company F. 
Daniel E. Tukey, Company F. 
Edwin H. Walker, Company F. 
David H. Watson, Company F. 
George N. Wheeler, Company F. 

Twenty-Ninth Regiment 
Greenleaf Manchester, Company C. 
Isaac Cobb, Company E. 
Daniel Libby, Company E. 
William Bodge, Company F. 
Jesse Bishop, Company C. 
Orchard N. Crummett, Company C. 
Charles L. Adams, Company G. 
Francis E. Butters, Company G. 
Samuel Hasselton, Company G. 
Henry Hill, Company G. 
Gorham M. McAllister, Company G. 
Warren ]\I. ^McAllister, Company G. 
Benjamin H, jNIcAUister, Company G. 
ScAvell W. Mason, Company G, 
JVIyrick F. Palmer, Company G. 
Andrew Hill, Company G. 



windham in the rebellion 265 

Thirtieth Regiment 
James Larry, Company C. 
Josiah B. AVard, Company C. 
John G. Shaw, Company C. 
AYilliam S. Bessey, Company C. 
Edwin Legrow, Company C. 
George D. Hodsdon, Company C. 
Asa C. Cross, Company C. 
Robert A. Littlefield, Company C. 
Charles H. Dial, Company C. 
Samuel F. Simpson, Company C. 
Roswell P. Greeley, Company C. 
Joseph P. Tripp, Company C. 
James F. Tenney, Company C. 
John T. Brackett, Company I. 
Luther Wiswell, Jr., Company K. 
Emery 0. Walker, Company F. 

Thirty-Second Regiment 
Howard F. Robinson, Company C. 
Reuben Robinson, Company C. 
George W. Cobb, Company C. 
Joseph A. Graffam, Company C. 
James AI. Cook, Company C. 

First Regiment Veteran Infantry 
William A. Boyd, Company A. 
Ambrose Anthoine, Company B. 
William P. Nason. Company F. 
William P. Knight, Company F. 

First Regiment ALvine CAViVLRY 
Joseph Small, Company B. 
Wendell T. Smith, Company F. 
Albert Lowell, Company A. 

Second Regiment IMaine Cav^vlry 
Solomon H. C. Bailey, Company I. 
Levi Bragdon, Company I. 
Christopher C. Hunt, Company I. 



266 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

William H. Mabury, Company I. 
John C. Stevens, Company I. 
Daniel M. Wescott, Company I. 
Samuel K. Doe, Company B. 
William F. Hoyt, Company B, 
George C. Hoyt, Company B. 
0. F. Jenkins, Company B. 
Jerome S. DeWitt, Company I. 

First Regiment D. C. Cavalry 
Nathan D. Dolly. 

First Battery Mounted Artillery 
Edward oManchester. 
George C. Andrews. 

Second Battery Mounted Artillery 
Cyrus T. Parker. 

Fourth Battery Mounted Artillery 
David Martin. 
John ]\I. Hawkes. 

Seventh Battery Mounted Artillery 
Benjamin R. Legrow. 
Joseph H. Anthoine. 
Ashley C. Rice. 

Citizens of Windham who enlisted in the organizations of 
other States and in the Regular Army and Navy : 

Oliver H. Lowell, Co. F, 16th Regt.. Gorham Quota. 
Solomon Mains, Co. G, 10th Regt., Gorham Quota. 
Joseph Small, 1st Cavalry, Gorham Quota. 
Luther Wiswell, Jr., Co. K, 30th Regt., Gorham Quota. 
Francis G. Boody, Co. C, 10th Regt., Portland. 
V/endell T. Smith, Co. F, 1st Cavalry, Portland Quota. 
William Bodge, Co. A, 20th Regt., Portland Quota. 
Isaac Cobb, Co. E, 20th Regt., Portland Quota. 
Daniel Libby, Co. E, 20th Regt., Portland Quota. 
Almon L. Varney, Co. D, 13th Regt., Brunswick Quota. 
Edward L. Varney, Co. F, 16th Regt., Brunswick Quota. 



WINDHAM IN THE REBELLION 267 

George T. Bacon, Co. A, 20th Regt., Westbrook Quota. 

Randall B. Morton, Co. D, 20th Regt., Standish Quota. 

John T. Brackett, Co. I, 20th Regt., Searboro Quota. 

Charles H. Dial, Co. C, 20th Regt., Raymond Quota. 

Arthur Libby, Co. B, 3d Regt., Vermont Regt. 

Isaac W. Parker, U. S. Engineers. 

John Larry, Co. A, Mass. Regiment. 

Josiah F. Little, Mass. Regiment. 

Charles Graffam, Co. C, Mass. Regiment. 

Edward H. Trickey, Co. B, Mass. Regiment. 

Enoch Graffam, Mass. Regiment. 

Josephus Hudson, U. S. Army. 

Samuel Dolly, U. S. Army. 

Charles Anderson, U. S. Army. 

Ephraim Legrow, U. S, Army. 

William N. Little, U. S. Navy. 

George R. Read, U. S. Navy. 

Elias Elliott, U. S. Navy. 

Alphonso Merrill, U. S. Navy. 

Recruits for Windham, not native citizens: 

Henry Johnson, U. S. Navy. 
John Robinson, U. S. Navy. 
John Boyd, U. S. Navy. 
Michael Lanehan, U. S. Navy. 
Barnard Mooney, U. S. Navy. 
Edward Pryor, U. S. Navy. 
Andrew Shannon, U. S. Navy. 

July 17th, 1863, the government ordered a conscription and 
Windham's quota was 69 men. Of these, none entered the ser- 
vice. The town voted to raise the money and hire substitutes, 
which was accordingly done. 24: furnished substitutes of them- 
selves ; 28 were exempted for physical disability ; and 17 for other 
causes ; but the town 's quota was filled. 

Windham men killed in action or died of wounds and disease 
contracted in the service: 

Solomon IMaines, mortally wounded at Antietam, Sept. 17 
and died Sept. 18, 1862, aged 44 years. 



268 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Amos H. Hanson, killed at Morris Island, July 17th, 1863, 
aged 27 years. 

Paul E. Little, wounded at Chancellorsville, died in the hos- 
pital at Alexandria, Va., July 24, 1863, aged 33 years. 

Royal Rand, killed at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863, aged 38 years. 

Stephen T. Morton, wounded at Fredericksburg, Dee. 17, 
1862 ; died in Falmouth, Va., Jan. 5, 1863, aged 19 years. 

Frank ]\Iorton, died of wounds received in battle. Died in 
hospital at Hampton, Va., Aug. 9, 1864, aged 20 years. 

Alonzo Smith, died of disease contracted in the service, in 
the hospital at Arlington Heights, Va., Dec. 3. 1862, aged 19 
years. 

Albert Lowell, died of disease contracted in the service, Oct. 
23, 1863, aged 27 years. 

Andrew D. Mabury, mortally wounded in the battle of 
Gettysburg, July 2, died in hospital July 5, 1863, aged 38 years. 

Joseph K. Manchester, mortally wounded in the assault upon 
Fort Wagner on ]\IoiTis Island, S. C, died in hospital at Beau- 
fort, S. C, Aug. 3, 1863, aged 21 years. 

Elias H. Libby died in hospital at Falmouth, Va., of disease 
contracted in the service, Feb. 17, 1863, aged 22 years. 

Stephen Libby, killed at Fort AVagner, July 11, 1863, aged 21 
years. 

Arthur Libby died in Windham, Feb. 28, 1865, of disease 
contracted in the service, aged 25 years. 

Almon Shaw died of disease contracted in the service, April 
2, 1863, aged 19 years. 

Sargent S. Freeman died at Fortress ]Monroe, Nov. 1, 1861, 
aged 23 years. 

George H. Nason died of disease contracted in the service, 
in the hospital at St. Augustine, Fla., Dec. 5, 1863, aged 19 
years. 

Samuel Y. Shaw, killed in action near Fredericksburg, May, 
1863, aged 44 years. 

Charles H. Bodge died of disease contracted in the service, 
Nov. 29, 1863, aged 25 years. 

Oliver H. Lowell, killed at the battle of Gettysburg, July 2, 
1863, aged 33 years. 



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Hamilton S. Lowell died of disease contracted in the service, 
Jan. 17, 1866, aged 2-1 years. 

Howard F. Robinson, killed in the battle of Spottsylvania, 
Va., May 18, 1864, aged 17 years. 

Meshack P. Larry, killed in the battle of the Wilderness, 
]\lay 6, 1864, aged 31 years. 

James Larry, wounded in action, died in hospital at New 
Orleans, July 6, 1864, aged 38 years. 

Wendell T. Smith, died of disease contracted in the service, 
in hospital at David's Island, N. Y., July 21, 1864, aged 29 years. 

Joseph Wescott died of disease contracted in the service, Dec. 
11, 1864, aged 44 years. 

James R. Cash died in L". S. service, of disease. Mar. 27, 1865, 
aged 18 years. 

James M. Cook died in Windham, of disease contracted in the 
service, Feb. 24, 1866, aged 21 years. 

Nathan D. Dolley, killed in battle near Richmond, Va., April 
6, 1865, aged 23 years. 

Charles H. Wentworth, killed in the battle of Antietam, Sept. 
17, 1862, aged 26 years. 

William P. Knight, killed in the battle of Antietam, Sept. 
n, 1862, aged 19 years. 

Harrison Brazier, killed in the battle of Five Forks, ]\Iarch 
31, 1865, aged 44 years. 

Greenleaf H. ^lanchester, died in the hospital of disease, at 
New Orleans, Aug. 10, 1864, 35 years. 

Ambrose Anthoine died of wounds received in the battle of 
the Wilderness, May 10, 1864, aged 22 years. 

Josiah B. Ward died in General Hospital, Va., Mar. 25, 1865, 
aged 25 years. 

Eben ^I. Fields, wounded and taken prisoner at the battle 
of the Wilderness and supposed to have died May 6, 1865, aged 
27 years. 

John Y. Shaw, taken prisoner Apr. 8, 1864, at the battle of 
Pleasant Hill, La., and died of wounds in rebel prison four 
weeks after capture, aged 34 years. 

George D. Hodsdon died on board a transport near Cape 
Hatteras, July 15, 1864, aged 19 years. 



270 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

George F. Johnson, wounded at Gettysburg, leg amputated, 
and died immediately after, aged 20 years. 

Elisha W. Wallace, killed in action May 12, 1863, aged 22 
years. 

Charles Nash, wounded in the battle of Cold Harbor, June 3, 
1864, died in the hospital at Richmond, Va., Aug. 10, 1864^ aged 
26 years. 

Eandall B. Morton, wounded Sept. 30, 1862, died Oct. 15, 
1862, aged 21 years. 

William S. Bessey died of disease contracted in the service. 
Mar. 6, 1865, aged 42 years. 

Edwin Legrow died of disease contracted in the service, May 
17, 1865, aged 22 years. 

Edward L. Varney, taken prisoner at the battle of Gettys- 
burg and died in rebel hospital, Jan. 10, 1864, aged 21 years. 



CHAPTER XIV 

Early Homes, Manners and Customs. Notable Incidents in 
THE History of the Township 

The first settlers of Windham were men of limited means, 
financially speaking, whose only ambition was to make homes 
for themselves and families in the wilderness; hence they were 
often compelled to face difficulties that would have discouraged 
men of less sturdy mould. They were destitute of all the com- 
forts and even lacked the necessaries of life ; they had no roads, 
save mere foot paths through the forests, that everywhere sur- 
rounded the little settlement. 

So we find that the first four pioneers erected their dwellings 
on the banks of Presumpscot River, that being the most con- 
venient route to the white settlements. Several years later the 
Main Road was partially cleared and rendered passable to Sac- 
carappa Upper Falls, the Proprietors believing that their grant 
extended to that point. The settlers, however, for a long time 
continued to use the river as their principal highway. 

The houses which they built were of logs, roughly hewn on 
three sides, and firmly locked at the ends. The walls rose to 
the height of a single story. The roofs were covered with strips 
of birch bark, over which were laid long shingles, or splints, 
split from straight-grained pine logs. The doors were of rough 
boards; the windows small in size and few in number. The 
floors were constructed of small sticks of timber hewn flat and 
laid after the manner of boards; these were called puncheons, 
for want of a better name. The interior was divided into rooms, 
sometimes by boards, but more frequently by bed-quilts sus- 
pended from ropes, — a very convenient arrangement, we should 
imagine, in cases of emergency. The loft, or attic, which was 
reached by a ladder, was used for various purposes, but usually 
as a sleeping place for the children. At one end of the main, 
or living room, was a capacious fireplace built of flat stones laid 
in clay mortar, and, at a safe distance above the fire, was placed 



272 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

a stout pole from which hung the pots and kettles wherein the 
good wife cooked the family meals. Underneath the floor was 
the cellar, a simple excavation of sufficient deptli to insure safety 
from the frost and cold of winter, while over the fireplace, on 
stout wooden hooks, reposed the settler's best friend, the old 
flintlock musket, ready to be taken down at a moment's warn- 
ing, for defence against the savage red men, or to slay some four- 
footed denizen of the forest. 

The furnishing of these early homes was simple in the ex- 
treme. A few cooking utensils, common chairs, and home-made 
benches, a table or two, and a rude "dresser," on which were 
displayed the coarse crockery and pewter ware of each family, 
was about all. 

Remains of this old-time settlement still exist, as the cellars 
of the first four, viz. : Thomas Chute, William Mayberry, John 
Farrow, and Stephen Manchester, are plain to be seen, the best 
preserved one being that of Manchester on Home Lot No. 32. 
Here the original door-stone still remains, as he placed it more 
than one hundred and seventy years ago. 

Abraham Anderson was the fifth settler and located his 
dwelling on the Main Road, where, as Thomas L. Smith, Esq. 
says, ' ' He lived nearly two years before any other families came 
into town." 

We have no record that these first settlers possessed any do- 
mestic animals whatever, and probably they did not ; but by 
1740 or a little later, several new families moved into town, and 
we find that a few neat cattle, sheep, and swine were owned here. 
These increased slowly at first ; but, in the course of a few years, 
the settlers had several herds, especially of sheep ; and now 
began to be heard the music of the spinning wheel and loom in 
nearly every dwelling throughout the settlement. 

Each year saw more land cleared and brought under culti- 
\ation; bridges were built and roads cleared and made passable 
for wheeled vehicles ; horses were introduced ; and large crops 
of corn, oats, barle.y, and vegetables were raised on the newly- 
cleared land. Rude plenty prevailed. 

This state of prosperity continued until the summer of 1745, 
when the Indian War broke out, and the settlers were compelled 
to take refuge in their fort, and leave their farms. If they 



EARLY HOMES, MANNERS, CUSTOMS, NOTABLE INCIDENTS 273 

attempted to cultivate them at all, they were obliged to have the 
protection of an armed guard. 

During this period the affairs of the little colony were almost 
at a standstill; communication with the outside world was 
largely cut off. and the people here suff'ered severely. They 
maintained their rights, however, and taught the savage enemy 
to respect their prowess. 

At length, in 1756, the war closed, and they returned to their 
long-deserted farms, where, as the record tells us, they found 
their houses "Rotten down." Nothing daunted, they set about 
repairing the waste places. Fortunately, during this period, a 
sawmill had been erected and put in operation at Horse Beef, 
which enabled them to build better houses, and the settlement 
rapidly recovered from the ravages caused by the long and 
bloody wars. 

At this time a dense forest surrounded the settlement on 
every hand, through which roamed, in unrestrained freedom, the 
lordly moose and timid deer ; and here, too. the black bear, wolf 
and panther sought their prey in its gloomy recesses, undis- 
turbed by the hand of man. Some of these animals gave the 
settlers no end of trouble and compelled them to keep an almost 
constant watch over their flocks and herds; while others, like 
the moose and deer, were regarded as a constant food supply. 
So we find, that, at the annual meeting, on ]\Iarch 28. 1771, John 
Stevens and Nathaniel Evans were chosen "Informers of Deer 
and Moose this year." These men were chosen the next year 
as "Dear Reeves." At the March meeting, in 1773, Richard 
Dole and William ^laxfield were chosen ' ' Deer Reeves ; ' ' and, 
at the annual meeting held Mar. 6, 1776, Robert Mugford was 
chosen "Deer Reaf. " So far as we know, he was the last man 
to hold the office. We suppose that the duties of these officials 
were to prevent the indiscriminate slaughter of these valuable 
animals. 

In the case of wolves and wild cats, the town paid a bounty 
for their destruction. Thus, on Mar. 22, 1784, it was "Voted, 
two Pounds for a wolf's head this year;" and, at the same time, 
"Voted one Pound for a Wild Cat's head this year." In 1786, 
at the annual meeting, a similar vote was passed. How much 
longer this bounty was continued we are unable to say, but it 
doubtless had a tendency to alleviate the evil. 



274 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

The swine must have multiplied rapidly, and become a sort 
of nuisance, which the citizens sought to abate in some measure, 
by putting the unruly quadrupeds under guardianship. We 
find, by the old records, that, at the first meeting held after the 
town was incorporated, in 1762, they elected Mr. Thomas Trott 
as "Hog Eeeve." From that time until 1804:, they annually 
elected men to that office, and as regularly voted to "let the 
Hogs go at large being yoaked and Ringed according to law." 
It is presumable that the duty of these officials was to see that 
the law" was carried into eff'ect. In the above year, they voted 
"not to let the Hogs run at large," and in 1805 and 1806, they 
\oted again "not to let the hogs run at large," but chose four 
men as hog reeves during that time. In 1807, we find the same 
vote recorded; but in 1808, it was "Voted, to let the Hogs run at 
large, being sufficiently yoked and Rung." The last vote which 
we find recorded referring to this swinish matter was in 1820, 
when the town elected five men to the ancient and honorable 
office of "Hog Reeve." April 7, 1806, it was "Voted, to give 
twenty cents for Crow 's heads all the year round, ' ' and a similar 
vote was passed the next year. 

' ' Tything men ' ' were annually chosen to see that people kept 
the Sabbath after the good old Puritan fashion. The first ones 
of whom we find any record were "Capt. Caleb Graffam and 
Mr. Joseph Starling," both elected July 5, 1762. Afterwards 
it became the custom to elect all the men in town who had con- 
tracted matrimony within the year as Tything men. The num- 
ber varied. Sometimes there would be five or six ; again, two 
or three ; and many amusing stories of the acts of these old-time 
officials are yet related. 

"Field Drivers" were chosen to look after the unruly cattle; 
"Fence Viewers," to see that the fences were built according 
to law; while the "Way Wardens" were supposed to keep the 
highways in a passable condition. 

All these old-time offices have become things of the past, and 
their several duties are now performed by the board of select- 
men. 

It is impossible for us of the present generation to realize 
fully the hardships and privations which our ancestors had to 
contend with in the early settlement of Windham. When 



EARLY HOMES, MANNERS, CUSTOMS, NOTABLE INCIDENTS 275 

Thomas Chute made his first settlement here in 1738, the town- 
ship was an unbroken wilderness, and contained not an acre of 
cleared land where a white man had ever lived, nor a single 
inhabitant, except it might be a few Indians, who occasionally 
came here for hunting and fishing. The nearest English settle- 
ments were miles away through a dense forest, and were reached 
only by foot paths marked by "blazed" trees, or by the Pre- 
feumpscot River, up whose rapid current they transported their 
first supplies in rude boats. 

Bears broke down their fences and ravaged their growing 
crops ; wolves and fierce wild cats attacked and killed their 
sheep ; and sly foxes stole barn-yard fowls. Notwithstanding 
all these trials, they steadily continued the arduous work of 
clearing and improving the land. 

They foresaw that farming must be their chief dependence 
for many years, and every acre, when cleared, was sown with 
grass seed. In the process of time, English hay became plenty, 
which enabled them to keep more live stock, besides having a 
surplus, that found a ready market among the lumbermen, who 
had already began operations at various points on the Pre- 
sumpscot River. 

The land was new and produced good crops of corn, rye, 
barley, oats, peas, beans, and flax ; turnips, beets, and other gar- 
den vegetables were raised in large quantities. But few potatoes 
v/ere planted, as these were not regarded with much favor as an 
article of diet at that time, and tradition tells of a settler, who 
raised five bushels one year, and was at a loss how to dispose of 
his surplus crop, as he said that one bushel would be all that he 
and his family, consisting of seven grown persons, could possibly 
cat that winter. 

After the first two years, the settlers were able to produce 
nearly all their food and clothing from the farms ; but, until the 
first crops were harvested, they sometimes suffered for the bare 
necessaries of life. Their food during this period consisted 
principally of vegetables, with but little meat, unless they were 
lucky enough to kill a moose, deer, or bear. The river, however, 
abounded with delicious salmon, and the smaller streams with 
speckled trout, and these added greatly to their scanty fare. In 
fact, it was a time of rejoicing in the little settlement, when 
spring came and the salmon began to run. 



276 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Their clothing, for many years, was manufactured at home 
from the wool of their own sheep, which was carded, spun, and 
woven by the wives and daughters of each household, and the 
music of the spinning wheel and hand loom was heard often- 
times far into the night. The yarn was woven on the old- 
fashioned hand loom, and was colored at home with dyes made 
of the barks of various forest trees. Garments for every day 
wear were coarse and heavy, and received no other finish than 
could be given by the good wife. A finer variety of cloth made 
of selected wool was sent to the cloth .dressers at Falmouth, or 
elsewhere, to be colored and finished for Sunday wear. 

The men wore breeches and coats, with ample skirts and low 
collars; the breeches reaching to just below the wearer's knees, 
\v^here they were fastened by bands or buckles of brass or some 
other metal. They also wore long, home-knit stockings and 
low shoes, fastened with broad steel buckles instead of laces. 
The boys wore jackets and trousers, instead of coats and 
breeches ; and, in the summer time, generally went barefooted. 
The women and girls dressed in homemade flannel expressly 
finished for that purpose, and dyed, usually some shade of 
brown. Their stockings, the product of their own skillful 
fingers, were knit from choice wool, dyed various colors to suit 
the wearer's fancy, while their shoes were made of the best calf- 
skin then obtainable. 

At this time, cotton had not come into general use, and the 
few articles manufactured from it were costly; hence a calico 
dress was regarded as a treasure, to be preserved with care and 
only worn to church, or on festive occasions. 

Coffee was an unheard of luxury, and tea was rarely tasted. 
Chocolate, however, was common and was used by nearly every 
family. 

Every farm had its patch of flax, from which the females 
manufactured linen cloth, which they made into pillow slips, 
sheets, table covers, napkins, and various articles of wearing 
apparel. Some of these were woven in beautiful and intricate 
designs. 

They bore their daily burdens with sublime courage ; and, 
although their days were dark and stormy, in the extreme, they 
never faltered, but did their whole duty and waited patiently 



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for better times. All honor, then, to those early wives, mothers, 
and daughters, who, while daring all things, even death from a 
cruel and relentless foe, did their part in making this wilderness 
blossom like the rose. 

Notwithstanding the early settlers were poor as they well 
could be, they were hospitable to a fault and were ready to share 
with others the little they possessed, one of their customs being 
to always offer refreshments of some kind to every chance 
visitor. 

It has been truly said that mankind is more or less super- 
stitious, and our ancestors w^ere no exception to the general rule. 
They confidently believed in w^itches, ghosts, various signs, and 
portents. In this, they simply followed the teachings of the most 
profound scholars and theologians of the age. Hence, indis- 
putable facts go to prove the falsity of the old idea that supersti- 
tion is confined to the ignorant classes alone. 

Who was it, we ask, who wrote page after page to prove the 
truth of witchcraft ? It was no less than Rev. Doctors Increase 
and Cotton Mather, two of the most learned divines and versa- 
tile writers of early New England. 

Who was it that sent many a poor wretch to the gallows for 
the same supposed crime? It was Sir Matthew Hale, called in 
history ' ' The Just Judge ; the light of the British Bar, the honest 
lawyer and the man without prejudice." Yet he could calmly 
pronounce sentence of death on innocent men and women, 
simply because he was superstitious enough to believe them 
capable of doing mischief through the medium of some diabolical 
agency. 

As late as 1790, Rev. Dr. Deane, second minister of Portland, 
wrote a long treatise full of words of "learned length and 
thundering sound, ' ' to prove that the best time to gather apples 
was on the first day of the full moon; though why the second 
or third would not have been equally favorable, it is hard to 
tell. He also gravely informs us that he invariably planted 
corn and potatoes on the increase of the same luminary. 

The fact is, whether we are willing to admit it or not, that 
nearly everybody has some particular sign or portent in which 
he puts more or less faith; so, if our ancestors were super- 
stitious, they had the law, civil and divine, as the foundatioi> 
stone of their belief. 



378 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

July 31, 1767, a violent hurricane, such as never was known 
here before, occurred. 

Thomas L. Smith, Esq., in the "History of Windham," says, 
quoting from another authority: "It commenced near Sebago 
Pond, took an easterly direction, passing through the north- 
easterly corner of Gorham, crossed the Presumpscot river at 
Loveitt's Falls, passed through the middle of Windham, directly 
over the Duck Pond, (now called Highland Lake,) through the 
north part of, and the south part of North Yarmouth to the sea. 
It appears to have been most violent in the town of Falmouth. 
It unroofed the house of j\Ir. Purinton, situated near the Duck 
Pond, and prostrated everything in its course except a few 
sturdy oaks, but abated in some measure after it entered North 
Yarmouth, so as not to do much damage in that town. It ex- 
tended in breadth about three fourths of a mile. ' ' 

This tornado is further described by an eye-witness, whose 
record tells us that he was at work with several men and four 
Gxen, rolling logs into the river at a place called Whitney's 
landing. This place is just below Loveitt's Falls and near 
where the late Israel Kemp lived ; and is a level space extending 
back from the river about ten or twelve rods to a steep bank 
fifty or sixty feet high, covered at that time with a heavy 
growth of trees. 

*He says, "The day was extremely hot and sultry all the 
morning and not a breath of air was stirring and the men as well 
as the oxen suffered greatly from the heat. Towards noon, while 
busy at work we w^ere suddenly startled by a strange rushing 
noise, to the westward of the place where we were at work; on 
which we clambered up the steep bank to ascertain the cause, and 
when at the top, saw with amazement and alarm, a portentious 
looking cloud rapidly approaching the spot where we stood. 
It appeared to be of a sulphurous color, that reminded us of the 
storm that overwhelmed the ancient cities of the plain, so vividly 
described in Holy Writ. 

"On it came with tremendous speed bearing before it large 
trees torn bodily from the earth, shattered limbs twisted from 
the parent stems, and in fact everything except large stones, 

* I very much regret that the Author does not give us the name of 
this eye-witness. F. H. D. 



EARLY HOMES, MANNERS, CUSTOMS, NOTABLE INCIDENTS 279 

that happened to be in its track. Thoroughly alarmed at the 
awful sight, we hastened down the steep bank, and waited in 
mortal terror until the fury of storm had passed by, which 
it did in a short time, leaving the sky perfectly clear and cloud- 
less. Neither rain, hail, thunder nor lightning accompanied the 
hurricane. We found our oxen unharmed, but so hemmed in 
by fallen trees, that it took us several hours of hard work to 
liberate them." This is no doubt as correct a description of 
the occurrence as can be obtained at this time, and is probably 
all that will ever be known about the great ' ' Hurricane ' ' of that 
far-oft' year, 1767. 

In 1775, occurred an extensive forest fire, in speaking of 
■which Mr. Smith, in his history, says: "It commenced at Gambo 
Falls on the Presumpscot, and passed through the town in the 
same direction, and following the course of the hurricane. 
This fire did considerable damage. It consumed seven dwelling 
houses and their contents, with other buildings ; four near the 
fourth Congregational Meeting-house stood, and three at Gambo 
Falls." 

We think that Mr. Smith is in error in regard to this 
event, it being a well-known fact that the great fire of 1775 
originated in the northerly part of Gorham, and was started 
by Uriah Nason, an early settler. 

The story, as told by his descendants, relates that, for several 
years, he suffered greatly from the depredations of wild animals, 
which were then quite numerous. Especially black bears stole 
the old settler's calves, sheep, and pigs, besides making a general 
havoc among his growing crops, so he waged a war of extermina- 
tion against the whole tribe. He shot and trapped large num- 
bers each year. 

However, there was an old ranger that proved too much for 
the sturdy pioneer. He set numberless traps and artfully con- 
trived pitfalls; he watched night after night, rifle in hand, to 
compass the maurader's destruction, but all in vain. The old 
fellow kept at a respectful distance from the death-dealing rifle, 
while to escape the traps was mere child's play. 

Finally, Mr. Nason, after a long and patient search, dis- 
covered the bear's den among the debris of the hurricane; and, 
failing to drive him from his stronghold by any other means, he 
set fire to the mouth of the den. 



280 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

The wind was blowing a gale from the west, and, in a short 
time, a coniiagration of no small magnitude was raging all along 
the line. It followed the track of the hurricane, crossed the 
Presumpscot River at Loveitt's Falls, and swept through AVind- 
ham, until arrested by the Duck Pond. 

The statement made by Mr. Smith that ''seven dwelling 
houses, and other buildings" were consumed by this fire, we 
cannot now verify. 

Friday, May 19, 1780, is known throughout New England 
as the "Dark Day." This phenomenon has been described 
by various writers and scientific men, but none give a more vivid 
picture of the occurrence than Whittier, in his poem entitled 
' ' Abraham Davenport. ' ' 

' ' 'Twas on a May-day of the far old year 
Seventeen hundred eighty, that there fell 
Over the bloom and sweet life of the Spring, 
Over the fresh earth and the heaven of noon, 
A horror of great darkness, like the night 
In day of which the Norland sagas tell, — 
The Twilight of the Gods. The low-hung sky 
Was black with ominous clouds, save where its rim 
Was fringed with a dull glow, like that which climbs 
The crater's sides from the red hell below. 
Birds ceased to sing, and all the barn-yard fowls 
Roosted ; the cattle at the pasture bars 
Lowed, and looked homeward; bats on leathern wings 
Flitted abroad ; the sounds of labor died ; 
Men prayed, and women wept ; all ears grew sharp 
To hear the doom-blast of the trumpet shatter 
The black sky, that the dreadful face of Christ 
Might look from the rent clouds, not as he looked 
A loving guest at Bethany, but stern 
As Justice and inexorable Law." 

We can add nothing to the poet's words, save to say that 
they most graphically describe the condition of things as they 
existed in Windham on that memorable day. The people were 
compelled to light candles at noon-day, and a physician whose 
duties obliged him to be out that night, stated that it was so 
dark that he could not see his white handkerchief two feet from 



EARLY HOMES. MANNERS, CUSTOMS, NOTxVBLE INCIDENTS 281 

his face, although it was the time of the full moon. People 
watched and waited all night in mortal terror, but the next 
morning the sun rose on a clear and cloudless sky, thus dispell- 
ing the darkness of the preceding day and night, and also the 
gloomy forebodings that had oppressed their minds. 

January 18, 1810, is memorable in the annals of New Eng- 
land as the ' ' Cold Friday. ' ' From tradition and a few printed 
accounts now extant, it would seem as if nothing like it was ever 
known before in this vicinity. It appears that the day previous 
vras warm, the thermometer ranging from 45 to 50 degrees above 
zero, with a southerly wind ; which, in the afternoon, changed 
suddenly to the north and commenced to blow with hurricane 
force. It continued to grow cold that night, and the next day 
the country was in the grip of a severe blizzard, with the mercury 
standing at 30 degrees below zero. The wind abated nothing 
of its force through the day, and the air was so filled with par- 
ticles of fine snow and hail that objects were rendered invisible 
at two rods distant. 

It seems to have reached its highest point of intensity in 
central New Hampshire, where buildings were blown down, and 
several people, together with large numbers of domestic animals, 
were frozen to death. 

In ]\Iaine, many sheep and cattle perished, but so far as we 
can ascertain, no human beings lost their lives. 

On the night of Nov. 13th. 1833, occurred a meteoric shower, 
said by astronomers to be the most brilliant one ever seen on 
this continent. It was visible from the Great Lakes to the 
equator. Phosphoric lines swept over the sky like the flakes 
of a snow storm. Large meteors darted across the heavens, 
leaving luminous trains behind them that were visible sometimes 
for half an hour. These generally shed a soft white light; 
however, yellow, green, and other colors varied the scene. 

It was observed in Windham by several people and is de- 
scribed as something truly appalling. Jonathan Loveitt, a well- 
known citizen, makes the following quaint entry in his diary: 
"Nov. 13, 1833, the stars fell as thick as they was in the skye." 
Another eye-witness, in describing the scene, said that the entire 
heavens seemed to be on fire from one end to the other, as far 
as he could see. Many were greatly terrified at the awful sight, 
thinking that the end of all things was at hand. 



282 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

There lived in Windham, at that time, a natural philosopher, 
who, on being awakened from a sound sleep by his wife, with 
tlie somewhat alarming intelligence that the Day of Judgment 
had come, calmly remarked that the Day of Judgment wouldn't 
come in the night. Having delivered himself of this pithy 
opinion, he turned over in bed and went to sleep, without even 
looking at the celestial display. 

How long this shower continued, we do not know ; but, with 
the coming daylight, it became invisible, and the fear and excite- 
ment of the scene died away. It w^as for a long time remem- 
bered and spoken of as "the night when the stars fell." 

Several freshets have occurred on the Presumpscot and 
Pleasant rivers. The first one of which we have any record took 
place April 25, 1827, and is noticed by Mr. Loveitt, in his diary, 
as follows: "Water very high, carried away Pleasant river 
bridge, Saccarap bridge, Congin and all below to the sea," and 
adds, "We have two thunder showers, with very sharp Light- 
ning." This was probably caused by a cloud burst on the head 
waters of the Pleasant River. 

Again on May 7, 1814, he writes, "Rainy to the 13th, very 
high water." 

The wdnter of 1842-3, was notable for the large amount of 
snow that fell. Many heavy storms were frequent through the 
winter, and, by the last of April, 1843, it was said that the snow 
was five feet deep on a level. This melted rapidly, and, in ]\Iay, 
caused freshets in various sections of Maine and New Hamp- 
shire. On the Presumpscot it did considerable damage at the 
powder mills at Gambo, besides carrying away several bridges 
below. 

Mr. Loveitt also notices two earthquakes, as follows: "Nov. 
28th, 1814. At half past seven o'clock in the evening there was 
a very heavy shock of an earthquake, from S. W. to N. E." 

Again, on Sunday, Feb. 22, 1807, he w^rites, "There was an 
earthquake at 2 o 'clock in the afternoon. ' ' 

Major Edward Anderson, who had a sawmill on Pleasant 
River near the village of Windham Hill, caused an artificial 
outlet to be made from a small pond into Smith's Brook, which 
empties into the river, for the purpose of supplying his mill 
with an additional quantity of water. This outlet increased in 



EARLY HOMES, MANNERS, CUSTOMS, NOTABLE INCIDENTS 283 

size, until two sawmills were erected upon it. On June 4, 1814, 
the water undermined the dam, swept it and the mills from their 
foundations, and forced its way into Pleasant River, and so to 
the Presumpseot. This freshet carried away one sawmill, one 
grist mill, four bridges on Pleasant River, and the Gambo and 
Horse Beef bridges on the Presumpseot, besides doing other 
damage. 

The great freshet which destroyed the Pope manufacturing 
plant has been described in a previous chapter. 

Between July 19, 1828, and Feb. 7, 1901, the powder mills 
at Gambo have had twenty-five explosions, by which forty-five 
men lost their lives, besides several others who were injured, 
but recovered. 

Mr. Jonathan Loveitt thus records the first explosion (July 
19, 1828) in the following quaint language: 

' ' The Powder mill to Gambo blew off and Seven men Blowed 
off. Their names as follows, Josiah Clark, Hanson Irish, Major 
jNIains, Wm. Moses, James Green, Noah Babb and Daniel Moses 
Badly burnt, ' ' others dead, and he adds ' ' all dead. ' ' 

Since the above date, the following persons have been killed 
while working in and around the mills: 

Oct. 17th, 1835, Charles Humphrey. 

Sept. 2d, 1847, Greenleaf Bachelder. 

July 18th, 1849, Dennis Hatch. 

Oct. Ist, 1850, Leander White. 

Sept. 22d, 1851, Thomas Bickford. 

Oct. 12th, 1855, Luther Robinson, Edwin Hardy, John Swett, 
Franklin Hawkes, Samuel Phinney, George Whipple, Jame 
Whipple. 

May 6th, 1856, Alfred R. Allen. 

Oct. 4th, 1856, George White, Oliver Gerry, Peter Ritchie. 

Jan. 15th, 1859, David C. Jones. 

July 9th, 1861, Charles Carmichael. 

July 7th, 1862, Augustus H. Little, Albert Glidden, Mark 
Varney. 

Nov. 15th, 1863, Haggart Freeman. 

Feb. 22d, 1869, Charles Charlow. 

July 2d, 1869, Benjamin Hawkes. 

Aug. 6th, 1870, Frank Jordan. 



284 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Nov. 15th, 1871, John Densmore. 

Oct. 27th, 1879, C. P. Stokes, Clinton Mayberry. 

Jan. 31st, 1884, Reuben Kenny. 

Ma. 11th, 1886, Clarence Clay, Harry Hooper. 

Nov. 5th, 1888, Walter Childs, Edwin Williams. 

Dec. 3d, 1888, William Bamblet. 

May 9th, 1898, Walter Maxfield, Frank Guptill. 

Feb. 7th, 1901, Thomas A. Field, John Ross. 

There have been other explosions at these works, in which 
no person was injured, and of which no record has been kept. 

One that took place during the Civil War destroyed seven 
mills in less than twenty minutes. Fortunately, however, the 
workmen had finished their day's labor and left the mills a few 
minutes before and thus escaped injury. 

In the foregoing pages we have traced the history of Wind- 
ham, from the time when it was granted to sixty-three men of old 
Marblehead, to comparatively recent times. The territory thus 
granted was a dense wilderness, lying at the back of the little 
fringe of English settlements along the sea coast. 

It required men of steady nerve, undaunted courage, and 
strong determination to settle in this wilderness ; yet such un- 
doubtedly was the character of our ancestors. Cut off from 
home, friends, and all their early associations, under difficulties 
and dangers, such as we today can form no adequate conception 
of, they labored and sacrificed to lay the foundation of future 
success broad and deep, that their children might enjoy the 
blessings of liberty and civilization. 

The results are before us. In the place of the unbroken 
forest, we see well-cultivated farms ; and, in place of uncom- 
fortable log huts, are to be found well-built and even elegant 
dwellings, filled with everything that renders life comfortable 
and happy. Thriving villages have grown up where once the 
wilderness frowned; manufactories flourish among us, giving 
emplojanent to a large proportion of the inhabitants ; school- 
houses and churches dot the hillsides in every direction; books 
and newspapers adorn the homes ; and a high state of education 
prevails among the citizens. 

While thus in the enjoyment of these manifold blessings, let 
us not forget the debt we owe to those sturdy men of old, who 
laid the foundation of our present prosperity. 



GENEALOGY 



CHAPTER XV 

ALLEN 

Peltiah Allen, first of the name to settle in Windham, was 
the son of Francis and ]\Iary Allen of Kittery. He was born 
in that town, Dec. 14, 17-46 ; married, Apr. 20, 1766, Hannah, 
daughter of Ebenezer and Hannah Hall. From manuscripts 
in the possession of the Allen family, we learn that three 
brothers named Hall came to this country from England. One 
of them was drowned, and one returned to England; the third 
one, Ebenezer, settled on Martinicus Island, which, the manu- 
script says, ' ' he bought and paid for. ' ' By his first wife, whose 
name is not known, he had three children, Ebenezer, Susan, and 
Hannah. ]\Irs. Hall died when the last-named child was but 
one day old, and a ^Irs. Green was employed to nurse and take 
care of the motherless infant. Mrs. Green's husband dying 
about this time, Mr. Hall married her for his second wife, and 
they had three children, Peter, Phebe, and Tabitha. While the 
last children were quite young, the house was attacked by a party 
of Indians, Imt l)eing built of logs and constructed with refer- 
ence to probable attacks from the savages, it was successfully 
defended by the inmates, for three days and nights. Quiet 
having reigned outside for some hours, ]\Ir. Hall, thinking the 
Indians had gone away, ventured to take a look from the win- 
dow. The savages had not left, as he expected, but were hidden 
in ambush near by and immediately shot Mr. Hall dead. As 
he fell back into the room, the frightened children cried out, 
"Father is dead." The mother not being able to prevent their 
lamentations, the savages who were listening found out that 
the principal defender was either dead or mortally wounded. 
They at once renewed their assault, and, in a few moments, broke 
down the door and took the mother and the children prisoners. 
After this, they plundered the house of such things as they cared 



286 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

for, set fire to the buildings, and drove their captives before 
them to Canada. 

Williamson, in his "History of Maine," on Page 326 of Vol. 
2, gives the following account of this event, which differs but 
slightly from the old manuscript: "On the first of June, 1757, 
a party of Indians beset the dwelling house of Ebenezer Hall, 
on the Island Martinicus, containing his wife and a young family 
of two sons, three daughters and a son-in-law. He was a man 
of courage and some distinction, having been a lieutenant at the 
reduction of Cape Breton. The attacks were renewed several 
days, and the house resolutely defended by him and his wife, 
at the imminent hazard of their lives, until the 10th; when he 
was killed, his house broken up, rifled of its contents, and re- 
duced to ashes. The brave Hall was then scalped, and his wife 
and children carried into captivity. At some place up the 
Penobscot, she underwent the painful trial of being seperated 
from them ; thence compelled to take up a tedious journey to 
Quebec. The fair captive was a woman of piety and charms, 
which attracted every eye. Captivated by her uncommon 
abilities and beauty, Capt. Andrew Watkins, in a spirit of honor 
and generosity, paid her ransom, amounting to 215 livres, and 
finding a vessel bound to England, procured a passage for her 
thither. From that country she re-crossed the Atlantic, return- 
ing by the way of New York to Falmouth, after an absence of 
13 months — but notwithstanding her inquiries were pursued 
for her captive children, through a long life, with the energetic 
perseverance that marked her character, she could never gain 
the least knowledge of either. A son of 12 years old, by a 
former husband, Mr. Greene, who was in the house when it was 
assailed, escaped and hid himself, until the savages were gone ; 
and, after three days, he ventured with an old canoe into the 
bay, where he was taken on board of a vessel. Subsequent to 
the war, his mother and he returned to the Island, and dwelt 
there till her death." 

In a foot-note to the foregoing account, Williamson further 
states, that the son, Greene, was living, in 1825, on one of the 
Fox Islands, and his age was then 80 years, — also that his 
mother lived to a great age. Referring again to the Allen 
manuscript, we find the following: "In Canada they were sep- 
arated, and the children have never since been heard from. 



GENEALOGY 287 

Mrs, Hall with other prisoners of war was afterwards ransomed 
and she made her way to Gorham, Me., and afterwards married 
Chipman Cobb. The older children, by his first wife, were all 
from home at the time of the attack on their father's house, 
and so escaped the fate that befell the rest of the family. 
Ebenezer was out fishing, the girls, Susan and Hannah, were 
living in Portland. Ebenezer, married and had fifteen children. 
He settled on the homestead at Martinicus Island, and reports 
came to his sisters, that he had deeded one-half of the Island 
to a man, (supposed to be a lawyer,) that represented to him, 
the said Ebenezer, that the title of the Island w^as defective, and 
that for one-half of it he would secure him in possession of 
the remainder. The girls, Hannah and Susan, never entered 
their claim for a share of the property, saying that their brother 
was in straitned circumstances, and that they were as well able 
to live without it as he was with it. The girls both married and 
settled in Windham, Cumberland Co., Elaine, where they have 
(Jan. 1, 1867) numerous descendants." 

It will be remembered that Williamson states that ]\Irs. 
Hall, and her son, Greene, returned to Martinicus and lived 
there until her death. This we think cannot be verified. Re- 
liable records show that she married on July 1. 1765, Chipman 
Cobb, the ceremony being performed in Portland, by Rev, 
Samuel Deane. They afterwards moved to Gorham, Me., and 
were both living in 1792. She was Mr. Cobb's second wife, 
and her maiden name was Mary Bloom. According to the 
record left by the late Isaac Cobb, of Portland, who was a great- 
grandson of Chipman Cobb, they are both buried in the old 
cemetery at Gorham Village. 

As stated at the first, Peltiah Allen married, Apr. 20, 1766, 
the before-mentioned Hannah Hall. She was of Falmouth, 
(now Portland). They were Quakers and were married in 
Portland, according to the rules of that society. They settled 
in Windham, soon after marriage. He owned the farm near 
Pleasant River, that was afterwards owned by his grand-son, 
David Allen, and more recently by the late Samuel Mayberry. 
On this farm he had a house as early as 1767. In that year 
occurred a terrific tornado, that did considerable damage in 
the towns of Gorham. Windham, Westbrook, and Falmouth. 
Mr. Allen's house stood in the path of the hurricane, and the 



288 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

family tradition relates that, on that day, Mrs, Allen and her 
infant son, Ebenezer, were alone in the house, her husband being 
absent at Portland. "While engaged in her household labors, 
she happened to look from the window, and saw the threatening 
cloud approaching with fearful rapidity ; and, being frightened, 
she caught up the infant, rushed out of the house, and took 
shelter behind a huge boulder that stood near by and escaped 
unharmed. The house was nearly demolished by the fearful 
gale. Afterward, INIr. Allen built another house on or near the 
site of the one shattered by the hurricane, where he died May 
1, 1830. They had the following children, all born in Windham, 
according to the old records : 

1. Ebenezer, born Mar. 17, 1767. 

2. Mary, born Oct. 22, 1768. 

3. Jedediah. born Mar. 27, 1770. 

4. Joseph, born Jan. 7, 1773. 

5. Peter, born May 5, 1775. 

6. Phebe, born Jan. 1, 1778. 

7. Cornelius, born Mar. 21, 1780. 

8. Tabitha, born Aug. 26, 1783 ; d. Feb. 14, 1867 ; unmarried. 

9. Lydia, born Nov. 30, 1785; d. Mar. 9, 1873; unmarried. 

Ebenezer, son of Peltiah and Hannah (Hall) Allen, married, 
Oct. 29, 1794, Charity, daughter of Elijah and Phebe Pope, of 
P^'almouth. They were Quakers ; settled on the farm near Pleas- 
ant River, now (1905) owned by his grandson, Isaiah P. Allen. 
He also had a sawmill on the river near his house, and, for many 
years, carried on lumbering in connection with his farming 
operations. His first wife. Charity, died Apr. 21, 1814. He 
married for a second wife, on ^lay 1, 1816, Elizabeth Southwick, 
a daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth Southwick of Sandwich, 
Mass. His third wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Paul and 
Plannah Hussey of Biddeford, Me. Children by first wife: 

1. David, born Aug. 12, 1795. 

2. Mary, born Dec. 29, 1796. 

3. Sarah, born Mar. 29, 1798. 

4. Nathan, born Feb. 22, 1800. 

5. Phebe, born Dec. 7, 1801. 

6. Lydia, born Nov. 1, 1803. 



GENEALOGY 289 

7. Joseph, born Oct. 1, 1805 ; d. Apr. 1, 1806. 

8. Hannah, born Feb. 25. 1807. 

9. Sibble, born Feb. 5, 1809; d. Mar. 5, 1880; unmarried. 

10. Emma, born Jan. 14, 1811. 

11. Tabitha, born in 1814, died when 4 days old. 

12. Charity, born Mar. 16, 1814. 

By his second wife had one child, Josiah S., born Feb. 26, 
1815. Mrs. Elizabeth (Southwiek) Allen, died Aug. 12, 1825. 
He died Feb. 25, 1851. 

Jedediah, son of Peltiah and Hannah (Hall) Allen, married 
Dorcas "Winslow, (intention entered on the Town Records of 
Windham IVIar. 16, 1798.) Her residence was given as Fal- 
mouth. They were Quakers, although evidently not married 
"in meeting," but their seven children are recorded in the 
Quaker book of births in Windham. They also appear to have 
lived for a while in Parsonsfield. He died July 11. 1857. His 
wife was born Mar. 6, 1776, and died Apr. 1, 1858. Their 
children were : 

1. Isaiah, born Jan. 21, 1800; d. Oct. 12, 1802. 

2. Joel, born Jan. 14; 1802. 

3. Harriet, born :\rar. 12, 1804 ; d. May 2, 1888. 

4. Lewis, born Feb. 9, 1806 ; d. Oct. 17, 1850. 

5. Francis, born Oct. 13, 1808. 

6. George, born Mar. 17, 1811. 

7. Edwin, born May 15, 1816. 

Joseph, son of Peltiah and Hannah. (Hall) Allen, married, 
Jan. 30, 1801, Thankful, daughter of James and Elizabeth 
Winslow of Falmouth. She was born in that town, and died 
May 30, 1824. They were Quakers and appear to have lived 
first in Vassalborough, :\Ie. He then came to Windham, and 
died Apr. 8, 1861. They had children, as follows: 

1. Phebe, born Nov. 17, 1802. 

2. Lydia, born :\Iay 10, 1804 ; d. Jan. 16, 1825. 

3. James, born Mar. 30, 1806. 

4. Hannah, born :VIar. 1, 1808. 

5. Asa Winslow, born Apr. 5, 1818 ; d. June 29, 1824. 

6. Joseph Hall, born Jan. 16. 1815. 

Of the above children, the first four were born in Vassal- 
borough, and the remainder in Windham. 



290 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Peter, son of Peltiah and Hannah (Hall) Allen, married, 
Dec. 11, 1800, Patience, daughter of Stephen and Content (Ally) 
Robinson of Windham. She was born in Windham, June 25, 
1778; died Nov. 2, 1817. He died Jan. 27, 1816. Had children, 
as follows: 

1. Huldah, born Mar. 25, 1802; d. May 30, 1816. 

2. Mary, born Feb. 21, 1804. 

3. Stephen, born Dec. 17, 1805. 

4. Peltiah, born Dec. 4, 1807 ; d. Nov. 13, 1826. 

5. Mariam, born Dec. 4, 1809. 

6. Content, born Jan. 22, 1811. 

7. Patience, born Feb. 15, 1813. 

Cornelius, son of Peltiah and Hannah (Hall) Allen, married, 
Aug. 28, 1808, Margaret, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah 
(Pattangall) Knight. She was born in Otisfield, Apr. 5, 1787. 
Their children were as follows: 

1. Johnson K., born May 7, 1809. 

2. Martha, born June 27, 1810. 

3. Sarah K., born Sept. 3, 1813. 

4. Huldah, born Apr. 15, 1816. 

5. Mary, born Oct. 25, 1818; m. Nathl. Lowell. 

6. Margaret, born Feb. 22, 1821. 

7. Peter, born Feb. 17, 1825 ; d. Mar. 17, 1825. 

8. Sarah W., born July 31, 1826. 

Cornelius Allen married for his second wife Mary Morrell, 
and they had one daughter, ]\Iaria, who died when a young girl. 

David, son of Ebenezer and Charity (Pope) Allen, married, 
Aug. 30, 1827, Phebe, daughter of Amos and Lydia Hawkes of 
AVindham. They were Quakers and lived on his grandfather's 
original farm. He carried on tanning and currying for many 
years. They had one child, William H., born Aug. 10, 1828, 

Mrs. Phebe Allen died, Nov. 11, 1829 ; and he married, Feb. 
11, 1841, Eunice Stevens, and they had the following children: 

1. Joseph M., born Dec. 19, 1842. 

2. Lydia, born Jan. 11, 1844. 

3. Phebe H., born July 29, 1845. 

4. Moses B., born Nov. 31, 1846. 

5. David, born Feb. 9, 1850. 



GENEALOGY 291 

David Allen died Aug. 8, 1850, and his wife went to some 
Western State and died there, Dee. 6. 1894. 

Nathan, son of Ebenezer and Charity (Pope) Allen, married 
Mary Estes of Westbrook, Me. (Intention entered on Town 
records of Windham, June 25, 1828.) He was a farmer and 
lived near Windham Hill, the farm being afterwards owned by 
the late Isaiah Elder. He died July 22, 1857. She died Dec. 
30, 1885, aged 81 years, 1 month, 1 day. Their children were: 

1. Isaac E., born Oct. 16, 1828. 

2. Henry W., born Aug. 15, 1830. 

3. Isaiah P., born Mar. 15, 1832. 

4. Oliver P., born Jan. 13, 1834. 

5. Edward C. born Oct. 2, 1836. 

6. Benjamin F., born Jan. 7, 1839. 

7. Eliza E., born Sept. 29, 1843; d. Sept. 22, 1857; un- 
married. 

Josiah S., son of Ebenezer and his second wife, Elizabeth 
(Southwick) Allen, married, May 29, 1845, Mary, daughter of 
Jeremiah and Sarah, daughter of Noah and Mary (Robinson) 
Read of Windham. He owned a part of his father's farm, in- 
cluding the waterpower on Pleasant River, where he erected a 
sawmill, and for several years carried on lumbering. He also 
built the two-story house recently owned by the Rev. John Cart- 
land. On May 7, 1861, this mill was entirely swept away by 
what is now known as "Pope's freshet." Mr. Allen made no 
attempt to rebuild, but soon afterwards sold his remaining 
property here and moved to Boston, w^here he died. 

His wife was born in Windham, Jan. 26, 1820, and died, in 
Boston, Mar. 29, 1883. 

They had at least three children : 

1. Jeremiah H., born Dec. 26, 1849; d. July 10, 1850. 

2. William C, born Aug. 4, 1851 ; d. Apr. 1, 1852. 

3. George, born June 11, 1853. 

Several of the descendants of Peltiah Allen still reside in 
Windham. 



292 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

ANDERSON FAMILY RECORDS 

Abraham Anderson, first of the name to settle in Windham, 
was a native of Groton, ]\Iass., and was born, if the inscription 
on his head-stone is correct, sometime in the year 1705. Smith, 
in his ' ' History of Windham, ' ' says, ' ' He went from Groton to 
Marblehead, and from there to Windham, in 1738." He settled 
on Home Lot Xo. 36, in the first division of ten-acre lots. This 
lot was the original right of Benjamin Hendly of Marblehead, 
one of the grantees of Windham, then called New Marblehead. 
Mr. Anderson was not a grantee but purchased this and several 
adjoining rights of the original owners. He was the fifth man 
to settle permanently in the new town, and the first to build his 
dwelling house on the road. (The first four settlers lived near 
the Presumpscot River.) He appears to have been a man of 
good abilities, sound in judgment, and of undaunted courage. 
In a warrant issued by Enoch Freeman Esq., in 1762, directing 
the people of New ]\Iarblehead to call their first town meeting, 
Mr. Anderson is called "the Principal Inhabitant." In the 
fight which resulted in the death of Chief Polin, he appears as 
the leader of the immortal four who fought the battle and con- 
quered the foe. 

He was married and had a family before he located in this 
town. From the church records we learn that he and his first 
wife, who was Bathshua Farr, had a daughter, Hannah, who 
was baptized Dec. 18, 1743, and who married, Nov. 18, 1764, 
Ebenezer Hall of Gorham, and probably settled in that town. 
They also had a daughter, Bathshua, who died Nov. 3, 1745, 
aged 13 years, and twin sons born here, Nov. 22, 1746. They 
were named Abraham and Isaac and died respectively ^lar. 7, 
1747 and Oct. 22, 1748. :\Irs. Bathshua (Farr) Anderson died 
July 4, 1751 ; and he married for a second wife Mrs. Anna 
(Collins), widow of Edward Cloutman, who was taken prisoner 
by the Indians, in their attack on Gorham, Me., Apr. 19, 1746. 
He was drowned, with a Mr. Dunbar, while attempting to escape 
from captivity the next year. 

The children of Abraham and Anna (Cloutman) Anderson 
were as follows: 

1. Edward, born May 10. 1753. 

2. John, born Nov. 7. 1755. 



GENEALOGY 293 

3. Abraham, born June 19, 1758, — in the old Fort. 

Mr. Anderson died Dec. 25, 1768, aged 63 years. His widow 
died Dec. 1, 1802, aged 85 years, and their remains are interred 
in the now neglected burial ground on the farm they cleared 
from the wilderness, where an old-fashioned and badly shattered 
head-stone records their names and the dates of their deaths. 
The farm on which Mr. Anderson settled is now (1905) ow^ied 
by his descendants. 

Edward, son of Abraham and Anna (Cloutman) Anderson, 
married, Aug. 4, 1774, ]\Iary, daughter of Capt. Richard and 
Martha (Bolton) Mayberry, then of Windham. Her father 
commanded a company in the Revolution and was a brave and 
efficient officer. Upon the death of his father, Edward Ander- 
son came into possession of the old home farm, first settled by 
white men in 1738; and, in 1770, he built the house still standi 
ing there, on a site selected by his father, whose house was on 
the opposite side of the :\Iain, or River Road, a little east of 
where the present barns stand. In 1790, he exchanged the home 
farm for his brother Abraham's property near Windham Hill, 
and died in the large two-story house, on the Portland road at 
the brow of the steep hill just south of Pleasant River, where 
his descendants have ever since lived. 

He carried on lumbering, having a sawmill on the falls that 
still bear his name. He gave employment to a large force of 
me;i, who held him in great respect and esteem. He was much 
in public life from his early manhood. That he had a decided 
liking for, and a knowledge of military affairs is indicated by 
his being made Ensign in a board of three experts chosen by 
the town, on Nov. 7, 1774, "To teach those who are so inclined 
the Military Art." In 1776, with his two brothers, John and 
Abraham, he served a term in the Continental Army during 
the war for national independence. He was To^\^i Clerk from 
1777 to 1782, inclusive, one of the Selectmen in 1781, 1787 and 
1799, and the first post-master of Windham, in 1798. On July 
1, 1781, he was commissioned a Major in the militia service of 
Cumberland County by Gov. John Hancock. He was a high- 
spirited, bold man, of great physical force, rather free and 
unguarded in his daily walk and conversation, but warm- 
hearted and generous to a fault. He died, according to the town 



294 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

records, May 17, 1804, aged 51 years, and his remains are in- 
terred in the cemetery at Windham Hill. The date of his wife's 
death is unknown to me. They had nine children : 

1. Richard, born Dec. 23, 1776 ; d. Sept. 25, 1802 ; unmarried. 

2. Abraham, born July 10, 1779 ; d. , 1859. 

3. John, born Nov. 20, 1783; d. in Calais; unmarried. 

4. Edward, born May 2, 1786 ; d. Apr. 8, 1876. 

5. Montgomery, born Nov. 21, 1788. 

6. Mary, born Mar. 14, 1791. 

7. George, born Apr, 7, 1793. 

8. Thomas, born Apr. 13, 1796. 

9. William, born Sept. 5, 1798. 

Abraham, son of Maj. Edward and Mary (Mayberry) An- 
derson, married, Apr. 1803, Nancy (or Anne) Atkins. He 

was a farmer and lived near Windham Hill. He died there in 
1859. He had two children, (possibly more) : 

1. Richard. 

2. Mary, died unmarried. 

Edward, son of ]\Iaj. Edward and Mary (Mayberry) Ander- 
son, married, in 1806, (intention entered Aug. 7th of that year), 
Olive Waterhouse, of Standish. They had seven children : 



1. 


Edward. 


2. 


John. 


3. 


William. 


4. 


Lydia, m. Nathaniel Berry 


5. 


Mary Ann. 


6. 


Lucy. 


7. 


Charlotte. 



Montgomery, son of Maj. Edward and Mary (Mayberry) 
Anderson, married, June 4, 1825, Sarah Babb. He lived in 
Westbrook and died there. He had five children, at least. 

Mary, daughter of Maj. Edward and Mary (Mayberry) 
Anderson, married, in 1813, Noah J. Senter, (intention entered 
Apr. 17th of that year) . They had two children : 

1. George Senter. 

2. Mary Jane Senter. 



GENEALOGY 295 

Noah J. Senter died when a young man. and. on Dec. 17, 
1836, she entered her intention of marriage with Josiah May- 
berry of Windham. She died Dec. 3, 1846, aged 56, and is 
buried in the ]\Iayberry Cemetery, near Windham Hill. 

George, son of Maj. Edward and ]\Iary (^layberry) Ander- 
son, married, in Oct., 1816, Martha Waterhouse, of Standish, 
Me., (intention entered Oct. 12th of that year). He was a 
farmer and always lived on his father's place and died there. 
Had seven children : 

1. George W., d. Apr. 16, 1888. 

2. William, d. June -1. 1887, aged 67. 

3. Montgomery, d. Mar. 9, 1900, aged 74, in Chelsea, Mass. 

4. Mary E. 

5. Laureta, m. Edwin R. Hamblin. 

6. Thomas. 

7. Emily, m. Webb Hall. 

Thomas, son of Maj. Edward and Mary (Mayberry) Ander- 
son, married, Aug. 26, 1821, Mary Kilburn. Had six children: 

1. Daniel. 

2. Edward. 

3. Sarah W. ; m. Charles H. Cressey ; d. July 7, 1851. 

4. Emeline, 2d wife of Charles H. Cressey. 

5. Elizabeth. 

6. Frances. 

William, son of :\Iaj. Edward and :\lary (Mayberry) Ander- 
son, married Mar. 18, 1826, Eliza Webb. Had four children: 

1. Abraham. 

2. Harriet. 

3. Martha. 

4. Frances. 

John, son of Abraham and Anna (Cloutman) Anderson, 
was born in New Marblehead (noAV Windham), Nov. 7, 1755. 
He, with his older brother Edward, and his younger brother 
Abraham, was among the AVindham men who served less than 
three years, at one time in the Revolutionary army. He seems 
to have been, for sometime, a merchant at Windham Hill, in 
company with his brother, Maj. Edward, but afterwards moved 



296 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

to Saecarappa, and died there. He married, Nov. 20, 1777, 
i\nne Woodman, probably a daughter of Stephen Woodman, 
then of Windham. They had four children : 

1. Thomas, born Oct. 25, 1778. 

2. Ann. born Apr. 13, 1783. 

3. Esther, born Oct. , 1786. 

4. Hannah. 

Thomas, son of John and Anne (Woodman) Anderson, 
married, Nov., 1801, Hannah Hall of Standish, (intention 
entered Nov. 7 of that year). Had seven children: 

1. Richard, born Nov. 19, 1802; d. unmarried. 

2. John, born Mar. 1, 1805. 

3. Charles, born Mar. 3, 1808. 

4. Moses, born Aug. 5, 1811. 

5. Stephen, born Aug. 3, 1813. 

6. Joseph, born Aug. 5, 1816. 

7. Lydia, born Aug. 14, 1822. 

Ann, daughter of John and Anne (Woodman) Anderson, 
n)arried a Mr. Lowe of Saecarappa. Had children. 

Esther, daughter of John and Anne (Woodman) Anderson, 
married a Mr. Ingalls of Saecarappa. It is said that she had 
children. 

Hannah, daughter of John and Anne (Woodman) Ander- 
son, married first, Asa Jordan of Portland, and had at least 
one child. Her second husband Avas Thomas Riggs of West- 
bi'ook, by whom she had no children. 

Charles, son of Thomas and Hannah (Hall) Anderson, 
married, in 1829, ]\Iartha Hicks, daughter of Ephraim and 
Rachel (Morton) Hicks. She was born July 5, 1810, and mar- 
ried Mr. Anderson Feb. 15, 1829. She died Jan. 6, 1901. Their 
children : 

1. William, married Julia Harmon. 

2. C\mthia, married Amos Davis ; no children. 

3. Abbie, married Albus Jordan. 

4. Clara, married Benj. Rand. 

5. Lizzie, married James Rand. 

6. Valentine, lives at Windham Hill ; unmarried. 

7. Charles, died in U. S. service ; unmarried. 



GENEALOGY 297 

Moses, son of Thomas and Hannah (Hall) Anderson, mar- 
ried ]\Iartha Blake. 

Stephen, son of Thomas and Hannah (Hall) Anderson, 
married Huldah Potter. He lived and died at Great Falls, 
Gorham. Had no children. 

Joseph, son of Thomas and Hannah (Hall) Anderson, mar- 
ried, first, Lucy Gordon, second, Emeline Hall. Lived in Ray- 
mond or Casco. Had children. 

Lydia, daughter of Thomas and Hannah (Hall) Anderson, 
married Clement Blake. He was by trade a tailor. Lived 
many years at Great Falls, Gorham. They had two children : 

1. Walter P. 

2. Althea, m. Henry Plaisted; lives near Great Falls, Gor- 
ham. 

Abraham, son of Abraham and Anna (Cloutman) Anderson, 
married Aug. 13, 1788, Lucy, daughter of Rev. Peter T. Smith. 
She was born Aug. 24, 1769 ; died Apr. 17, 1844. He died Sept. 
o. 1844. He was a farmer and, at one time, owned a large tract 
of land and a mill privilege on Pleasant River, near the present 
Village of Windham Hill. This property he exchanged with his 
brother Edward, in 1790, by which he came into possession of 
the paternal acres, and lived and died there. He was a man 
of sterling qualities and had the respect and confidence of his 
townsmen to a marked degree. He and his wife rest in the 
Smith family vault. Had nine children, as follows : 

1. William, died July (year obliterated), aged 3 months. 

2. John, died Oct. 12, 1791, aged 7 months. 

3. An infant, died Aug. 14, 1791. The foregoing inscrip- 
tion is on a small headstone of ancient date, near the family 
tomb of the Smiths in the old cemetery, and they are given as 
the children of Abraham and Lucy Anderson. 

Their other children were: 

1. Peter S., born May 12, 1789. 

2. John, born July 30, 1792. 

3. Betsey, born July 23, 1795. 

4. Nancy, born Nov. 6, 1797. 

5. Edward, born Oct. 31, 1801. 

6. Abraham W., born 1804. 



298 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Peter S., son of Abraham and Lucy (Smith) Anderson, 
married, in 1810, Susannah, daughter of Maj. Benjamin and 
Elizabeth (Gammon) Bodge, (intention entered Aug. 12tli of 
that year). He was a farmer and owned and occupied a fertile 
farm in the south part of Windliam, the same which his son 
Edward F. afterwards owned. He died in 1867. His wife 

Susannah died , and their remains are deposited in the 

Smith family vault. They had ten children : 

1. Elizabeth W.. born May 6. 1811; d. 1893; un- 
married. 

2. Thacher S.. born Apr. 9, 181:1; m. Lucinda Flint. 

3. Abraham B., born Apr. 15. 1817 : m. 1. Eunice Sanborn; 
2d Lucy Sawyer. 

4. Lucretia C. born Mar. 20, 1820; d. June 18, 1891; un- 
married. 

5. Lucy F.. born Apr. 3. 1822; d. Aug. 18, 1902; un- 
married. 

6. Olive A., born Feb. 13, 1824: d. Oct. 22. 1843; un- 
married. 

7. Edward P., born Aug. 25, 1827; d. Apr. 29, 1904; m. 
1st, Mehitable Cole; 2d a Babbage. 

8. Augustus B., born July 13, 1829; d. Dec. 26. 1901. 

9. Susan M., born June 7, 1831; d. Aug. 14, 1849; un- 
married. 

10. Sarah L., m. Charles Brackett. 

John, son of Abraham and Lucy (Smith) Anderson, mar- 
ried Mrs. Ann Jameson. He graduated at Bowdoin College in 
the class of 1813. Settled in Portland, where he practiced law 
for many years. He was much in public life, being a State 
Senator in 1824; Member of Congress from 1825 to 1833; U. S. 
Attorney from 1833 to 1836. He was Mayor of Portland in 
1833 and 1842. On the death of his father, he purchased of 
the heirs the old homestead in Windham, on which he expended 
large sums in improvements, and resided here summers during 
the remainder of his life. He died in Portland, Aug. 21, 1853. 
His wife Ann ("Williams) Jameson, died at same place, ^lay 13, 
1879. She was born Oct. 14, 1804. Some years previous to 
his death, Mr. Anderson built a massive granite toml) in the 
Smith Burial Ground ; and, in this tomb, he and his wife, with 



GENEALOGY 299 

others of his family sleep, well and peacefully. Mr. and Mrs. 
Anderson had three children : 

1. Samuel J., born Dec. 11, 1824. 

2. John F., born July 22, 1823 ; d. Dec. 25, 1887. 

3. Edward W., born Dec. 9, 1828 ; d. Sept. 5, 1861. 

Edward, son of Abraham and Lucy (Smith) Anderson, 
married Nov. 30, 1830, Louisa, daughter of Joshua and Olive 
fWilson) Berry. He was a farmer and owned and lived on the 
large farm formerly owned by his grandfather, Rev. Peter T. 
Smith. He was in public life for many years. He was one of 
the Selectmen of Windham in 1829, 1834, 1835, 1842, 1846, 1847, 
1848, and 1849. He also represented the town in the legislature, 
in 1844. He was interested in the State Militia and rose to the 
rank of Lieut. Colonel. He died at his residence Oct. 7, 1867. 

His wife died July 1881, aged 77 years, and they are 

buried in the Smith Cemetery. Their children were : 

1. Olive F. 

2. Susan W., b. 1835; d. July 11, 1888; m. Chas. R. 
Goodell, 

3. Lucy, a well known school teacher. 

Abraham W., son of Abraham and Lucy (Smith) Anderson, 
married Annah Tilson Waterman, daughter of Capt. John 
Waterman of New Gloucester. He chose the medical profession 
and graduated from the Maine Medical School in the class of 
1829. He located at Gray Corner, where he spent a long and 
useful life. It has been said that no physician in Cumberland 
County ever had a more extended and successful practice than 
did he; and, from our own personal knowledge, we believe this 
to be true. He died in 1879. The date of his wife's death, 1 
have not ascertained. Had six children, as follows : 

1. Ann Jameson, born Apr. 4. 1831, married Charles G. 
Hanscome. He was killed by the Indians while crossing the 
Plains, in 1864. She lived at La Crosse, Wis., and died there 
but a few years ago, leaving one daughter. 

2. Mary Waterman, Mar. 27, 1833; married M. G. Han- 
scome; died May, 1870. 

3. Jane Thomas, born Feb. 1, 1835; married Charles Hop- 
pin, lived in Gray. 



800 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

4. John Duguid, born Nov. 7, 1837. 

5. Hannah Leach, born Feb. 12, 1839, married Charles B. 
White. 

6. Wendell Abraham, born Sept. 6, 1810. 

Betsey, daughter of Abraham and Lucy (Smith) Anderson, 
married, June 6, 1820, John Farwell of Tyngsborough, Mass. 
Lived and died in that town. Had no children. 

Nancy, daughter of Abraham and Lucy (Smith) Anderson, 
married, July 21, 1822, Doct. John Waterman. Settled first 
in Windham where he was the principal physician for many 
years. Afterwards he moved to Gorham, where he died Jan. 
11, 1865, aged 76 years. His wife died Sept. 7, 1871, aged 73 
years, 10 months. They are interred in the cemetery at Gor- 
ham Village. Had two children: 

1. John A., born June 24, 1827 ; d. May 6, 1893. 

2. Lucy E., born 1833; d. Sept. 11, 1861; m. Dr. 

D wight. 

Thacher S., son of Peter S. and Susannah (Bodge) Ander- 
son, married Lucinda Flint. Settled in Stetson, Me., and died 
there. Had no children. 

Abraham, son of Peter S. and Susannah (Bodge) Anderson, 
married, first, Eunice Sanborn ; second, Lucy Sawyer. He lived 
several years at Westbrook. Moved to the town of Buxton, 
Me., where he died. Had four children; by first wife: Martha 
M. and Frank A. By second wife, he had Lucy Jane and 
George A. 

Edward F., son of Peter and Susannah (Bodge) Anderson, 
married, first, Mehitable Cole; second, a widow Babbage. He 
was a farmer and lived on his father's farm. He died Apr. 28, 
1904. His first wife died Apr. 23, 1883, aged 47 years. They 
had two children: 

1. Willard E., m. Mrs. Minnie Leighton. 

2. Susan M. 

Augustus B., son of Peter and Susannah (Bodge) Anderson, 
married Ellen ]\loulton. He was, for several years, engaged in 
a cotton factory at Biddeford, Me. ]\Ioved to Old Orchard, 
where he was in business for several years, and died there, Dec. 



GENEALOGY 301 

26, 1901. His second wife was Matilda Heath. Children, all 
by first wife : Flora M., Carrie J., and Luella. 

John Farwell, son of Hon. John and Ann (Jameson) Ander- 
son, born July 22, 1823, married Marcia Winter. He was a civil 
engineer. Lived for several years on the homestead, at Wind- 
ham. He died in Portland, Dec. 25, 1887. Had children as 
follows : 

1. Annie H., married C. W. Lord. 

2. Marcia W., married 1st F. J. Edmands; 2d E. J. Spring. 

3. Isabel, died an infant. 

4. Frances P., married C. T. Davis. 

Samuel Jameson, son of Hon. John and Ann (Jameson) 
Anderson, married Jane Dow of Portland. Graduated at Bow- 
doin College in 1844 ; was a lawyer. He died in Portland, Nov. 
18, 1905. His children: 

1. John. 

2. Jennie. 

3. Susie. 

Edward, son of Hon. John and Ann (Jameson) Anderson, 
married Frances A. Perley. He was a physician; graduated 
from Harvard Medical School in 1852 ; practiced his profession 
in Portland, where he died Sept. 5, 1861. His wife died in 
1870, and their remains are deposited in the family vault. Had 
no children. 

John Duguid, son of Dr. Abraham and Anna (Waterman) 
Anderson, married Anna Thayer of Gray. She is not living. 
He graduated from Bowdoin College in the class of 1859, is a 
lawyer. During the Rebellion he served in the Union Army; 
was Lieutenant of the First Wisconsin Battery from 1861 to 
1862; Orderly Sergeant in Thirty-Second Maine; and Lieuten- 
ant in the Third INIaryland Infantry; and Provost Marshal of 
the Third Brigade, First Division Ninth Army Corps, from 
1864 to 1865; U. S. Pension Agent in Maine from 1886 to 1890; 
and Treasurer of Soldiers' Home at Togus, Me., from 1890 to 
1896. He now (1898) resides in Gray. Six children, as fol- 
lows : 

1. Marcia Winter, born Jan. 5, 1870; married, Aug. 9, 
1892, J. H. Pinkham. 



302 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

2. John Wendell, born Dec. 25, 1871. 

3. Annie Thayer, born Jan. 8, 1874, married Ralph Lewis. 

4. Bion Bradbury, born May 9, 1876 ; married Grace Bailey. 

5. Abraham Warren, born Jan. 11, 1878. 

6. Bessie Waterman, born Apr. 24, 1879. 

Wendell Abraham, son of Dr. Abraham, and Anna (Water- 
man) Anderson, married, March 9, 1864, at Portland, Me., 
Susie M., daughter of John Small. She was born in Gray, Me., 
in 1840. Wendell A. Anderson entered Bowdoin College in 
1861, but left during his sophomore year. He was a Medical 
Cadet, in the U. S. Army in 1861. Graduated from the College 
of Physicians and Surgeons, N, Y., in 1863. Was Surgeon of 
the Third Maryland Regiment from Apr., 1863 to 1865. Re- 
moved to La Crosse, Wisconsin, in 1866. President of the 
Board of Education from 1873 to 1877. United States Examin- 
ing Surgeon for Pensions. City Physician of La Crosse. Mem- 
ber of the Wisconsin State Medical Society. Chairman of the 
Democratic Central Committee from 1875 to 1876 and again 
from 1881 to 1885. He was nominated for Lieutenant Governor 
of Wisconsin by the Democratic party in 1881, but declined the 
proffered honor. Was United States Consul General at ]Mon- 
treal, from 1885 to 1889 ; and again, from 1893 to 1897, when 
he resigned. He resides (1898) at La Crosse. Has children as 
follows : 

1. John Wendell, born at La Crosse, Wis., Sept. 25, 1867, 
Entered Cornell University in 1885. Graduated in the Law 
Department of the University of ^Michigan, in 1890. He prac- 
tices his profession at Detroit, Mich, Married there June 19, 
1895, Gustava Doeltz. 

2. Greely Spring, born at La Crosse, Jan. 2, 1873. Edu- 
cated in the public schools of his native place. Is now (1898) 

in the insurance business. ^Married at La Crosse, Nov. , 

1893, Alice Carey Douglass. 

3. Spencer Elwell, born at La Crosse, June 13, 1879. He 
is now (1898) in the High School of La Crosse. 

Dr. and Mrs. Anderson have lost three children, all of whom 
died in infancy. 



304 WINDHAM IN TPIE PAST 



ANDREW 



John Andrew, with his wife, Elizabeth, and several children, 
came from Salem, Mass., and settled on the River Road, at South 
AVindham, where he resided until his death. He died Aug. 8, 
1791, aged 47 years. His son Abraham, died here Apr. 19, 
]795, aged 9 years, and they are both buried in the Brown Cem- 
etery, near Little Falls Village. On June 14, 1817, he entered 
his intention of marriage with IMiss Nancy G. Peircc of Bridg- 
ton, and, at about this time, purchased the residence of Dr. 
James Paine, where he lived until after the death of his wife, 
which occurred jMar. 7, 1832. Shortly afterwards he removed 
to Boxford, Mass., where he died in 1849, aged 67 years. He 
and his wife Nancy, had four children, all born in Windham. 
They were as follows: 

1. John Albion, born Alay 31, 1818. 

2. Isaac Watson, born Aug. 11, 1819; died in Andover, 
Mass., Mar. 1, 1895. 

3. Sarah Elizabeth, born Sept. 6, 1822; died in Winchester, 
Mass., June 30, 1897; unmarried. 

4. Nancy Alfreda. 

John Albion Andrew graduated at Bowdoin College in 1837, 
after which he read law and practiced his profession in Boston. 
He was Governor of ^Massachusetts from 1861 to 1865. and was 
known as the "War Governor." He died in Boston, Oct. 30. 
1867. 

ANTHOIXE 

Nicholas Anthoine, first of the nan^e to settle in Windham, 
was born Oct. 12, 1761. Where he came from, we liavc not been 
able to ascertain, but we have sometiires thouglit. that the name 
was of French origin; possibly he iray have been a descendant 
of the Huguenots. He settled in the easterly part of the town 
and was one of the famous school-masters "of ye olden times." 
Of him it was said that he knew enough to build a ship and 
navigate it across the Atlantic Ocean. He married, Feb. 15, 
1787, Anne Pattangall of Windham. She was born Apr. 3, 
1764. and died Dec. 24, 1849. He died Dec. 30, 1831, and their 



GENEALOGY 305 

remains are interred in the Knight Cemetery, in School District 
No. 6. They had nine children, all born in Windham: 

1. John, born Apr. 9, 1788; died Sept. 5, 1791. 

2. Daniel, born Feb. 19, 1790 ; died Sept. 3, 1791. 

3. Amos, born Apr. 20, 1792 ; entered his intention of mar- 
riage with Lucy Hall of Windham, Apr. 18, 1818. 

4. John, born May 9, 1794; married Mary A. Gilman, born 
1815, died Nov. 12, 1869. He died Feb. 2, 1860. 

5. Daniel, born May 22, 1796. 

6. Nicholas, born July 11, 1798. 

7. Anna, born June 29, 1800. 

8. Rachel, born Mar. 23, 1803. 

9. Patience, born Apr. 30, 1805. 

Some of the descendants of Nicholas and Anne Anthoine still 
reside in Windham. 

AUSTIN 

One of the Revolutionary Soldiers, who settled in Windham 
after the war, Avas Jonah Austin. He enlisted at Falmouth 
July 11, 1775, in Capt. Samuel Knight's Co. and served six 
months and six days. He enlisted again Jan. 20, 1777, in Capt. 
Benjamin Walcott's Co., Col. Thomas Marshall's Regt., and 
served until Dec. 31, 1779; and again served from Jan. 1, 1780, 
until the 30th of the same month. The Falmouth records say 
that Jonah Austin married, Feb. 9, 1779, Hannah ^Merrill, but 
the indications are that he was away in the army at that time. 
He married his second wife. Sarah Fairbanks, Jan. 29, 1784. 
She belonged in Cape Elizabeth, and survived him. He was 
in Windham before 1794, as he bought seven acres of land in 
lot No. 68, second division of hundred-acre lots, Aug. 16th of 
that year, and was "of Windham" at the time. In 1800, he 
bought fifty acres of Lot 43, which was near his first purchase. 
He lived near what is known as the "Ireland District;" and, 
on this farm, he died Sept. 27, 1833; aged about 80 years. On 
his old farm can now be seen from the road a little cluster of 
graves, and his is no doubt one of them ; but no stone perpetuates 
the memory of the old soldier. Jonah Austin and his wife 
Hannah (Merrill) Austin had three children: 

1. Jonah, probably died young. 



306 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

2. Stephen. 

3. Elsie, married Simeon Estes. 

By his second wife he had: 

4. William. 

5. Jonah. 

6. Sarah, died Sept. 12, 1819, aged 30 years. 

7. Hannah, married Richard Lamb. 

8. Charlotte, married Abiezer Gray. 

9. Alice, married Elijah Estes. 

Jonah, Jr., son of Jonah and Sarah Austin, married Esther 
:\Iorrill, about 1813. Children: 

1. Stephen, born Dec. 1, 1814. 

2. Jonah, born Mar. 18, 1819. 

3. Sarah, married John Haines. 

AVilliam. son of Jonah and Sarah Austin, married Eliza King 
of Scarborough, IMe., in 1829, (intention entered on Windham 
records, Dec. 13, 1828) ; settled on the paternal acres; lived and 
died there. Had five children: 

1. William K., resides Greenwood, Me. 

2. Stephen, resides in California. 

3. Eugene, deceased. 

4. Charles. 

5. Leander, died Mar. 23, 1855, aged 18 years. 

Stephen, son of Jonah and Esther (Morrill) Austin, married 
Hannah Gray. Had three children : 

1. William M., deceased. 

2. Willard Gray, deceased. 

3. Addie, lives with lier mother in Portland. 

Jonah, son of Jonah and Esther (Morrill) Austin, married 
Menerva Ann Libby. Had children : 

1. Esther, died 1870, aged 20 years. 

2. Randall W., lives on his father's farm. 

3. Greenleaf. 

4. Melvin, lives in New Hampshire. 

5. Bertdell, lives in Portland. 

Stephen, son of William and Eliza (King) Austin, married 
Lovisa, daughter of Ephraim Cobb of W^indham. 



GENEALOGY 307 

BACHELDER 

Liba Bachelder was a native of Eaton, N. II., and was born 
in 1791. He eanie to Windham, when a young man, and mar- 
ried Rebecca, daughter of Hezekiah and Sally Smith, in 1833, 
(intention entered on Windham records, Aug. 23d of that year.) 
He was a farmer and stone cutter. Lived near the Second 
Adventist Chapel at South Windham, and died there Oct. 28, 
1870. His wife, Rebecca, died at the same place May 18, 1893. 
Children : 

1. Sarah E., born 1833 ; died July 23, 1899 ; unmar- 
ried. 

2. William A., born 1835; died Nov. 2, 1907, in 

Portland. His wife, ^Mary (^IcLucas), died at the same place, 
Nov. 4, 1907. 

3. Hiram F.. born 1839; died Nov. 12, 1896, in 

Windham. 

•4. Cynthia J., born 1842; died May 1, 1868. 

5. Frederick, born 1842 ; died Sept. 28, 1846, in Wind- 
ham. 

6. Sophronia, born 1845; died Oct. 30, 1859; un- 
married, in Windham. 

7. Mary Ann. married ^Martin W. Best and lives in Port- 
land, Me. 

BAKER 

The first of the name in Windham, so far as Ave can learn, 
was Josiah Baker. Where he came from, we have never been 
able to learn ; neither do we know at what time he located here ; 
but, according to the town records, he married, in November, 
1783, (day of the month not recorded) Elizabeth Legrow, and 
the residence of both is given as of Windham. He settled on 
a farm a short distance south of the little village that still bears 
the name of "Baker's Corner." He 'and his wife, Elizabeth, 
had four sons and three daughters. We are unable to give the 
dates of the births of these children, but their names were as 
follows : Ichabod, Elias, Benjamin, and William. 

Ichabod, son of Josiah, entered his intention of marriage 
with Sally Stuart of AVindham, on Alar. 16, 1811. lie was a 



308 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

farmer and merchant. Lived and died at Baker's Corner. Had 
two children, as follows: 

1. Isaiah H., married Lydia Legrow, and had one child, 
Seward, who lives in Portland. 

2. Seward "SI., did not marry, was, at one time, sheriff of 
Cumberland County. These gentlemen were farmers and mer- 
chants, and both are now deceased. 

Benjamin, son of Josiah Baker, entered his intention of mar- 
riage with Mary Allen Feb. 29. 1812. He was a farmer and 
lived near the Corner. Children: 

1. Hannah, married Benjamin M. Baker. 

2. Abigail, married Gilbert Small of Gray. 

3. Elizabeth, married Emery Allen of Gray. 

4. Josiah, died young. 

Elias, son of Josiah and Elizabeth Baker, married Margaret 
Morrill, July 14, 1817. He was a farmer and lived about half 
a mile south of Baker's Corner, on the Gray Road. He was 
quite a prominent man in town and was a Brig. General of the 
State Militia. Children : 

1. David P., was a lawyer, married Emily Allen of Gray; 
lived at North Windham, where he died May 20, 1860, aged 38 
years ; no children. 

2. Benjamin M., married Hannah Allen. She was his 
cousin. He lived oji the Button Hill Road near the Gray line 
and died there, Aug. 12, 1899, aged 81 years, 11 months. He 
left several children: 

3. Hannah, married Edmund B. Pride, lived at North 
Windham. 

4. Elizabeth, married Loren Baker. 

William, son of Josiah and Elizabeth (Legrow) Baker, 
entered his intention of marriage with Eliza Armstrong of 
Readfield, Sept. 30, 1825. He was a farmer and lived on the 
Gray Road near his brother, Elias. He had eight children, all 
of whom died of consumption. 

The daughters of Josiah and Elizabeth (Legrow) Baker 
married as follows: 

Polly, married William Lamb, (intention entered June 12, 
1808.) 



GENEALOGY 309 

Abigail, married Reuben Alen, (intention entered Mar. 16, 
1811.) 

Susan, married Jacob Ward, (intention entered Jan. 11, 

1823.) 

BARTON 

Ebenezer Barton, first of the name in Windham, belonged 
to the family of that name in Falmouth (now Portland). On 
Dee. 21, 1773, he married Dorothy, daughter of Jacob and 
Dorothy (Pettingall) Elliott of AVindliam, and lived near "Clay 
Cove," on Falmouth Neck. He served from July 14 to Dec. 
31, 1775, in Capt. Joseph Noyes' Co., at Falmouth. At the 
burning of the town in 1775, his house was destroyed, and he 
and his wife, with their oldest child, walked from Falmouth to 
her father's house in Windham, Mr. Barton carrying on his 
back a feather-bed, which was probably nearly all which they 
saved of their household goods. He enlisted, Dec. 20, 1776, 
for three years, in Capt. Richard Mayberry's Co. in Col. Ebene- 
zer Francis' Regt., afterwards commanded by Col. Benjamin 
1'upper. He was in the battles of Hubbardton, Stillwater, and 
Saratoga,- being present at the surrender of Gen. Burgoyne. 
He spent the winter at Valley Forge, and was a Corporal at 
the Battle of Monmouth. He was accidentally killed by a fall- 
ing tree in Windham, Apr. 15, 1785, aged about 35 years. His 
widow, Dorothy, died in the old house on the Goold farm, near 
Windham Centre, Feb. 12, 1842, aged 87 years. AVhen Nathan 
Goold, in 1802, purchased the Barton farm, he leased the widow 
one-quarter of an acre of land during her life-time. On this 
her friends put the old house, which sheltered her and her 
daughter Dorothy during their lives. At the end of ninety 
years, her grand-daughter returned the original lease to the 
grand-son of Nathan Goold. No rent was ever required of them 
during that time, and then the old house was taken down. They 
are both buried in the cemetery of Hon. William Goold. Chil- 
dren of Ebenezer and Dorothy (Elliott) Barton were: 

1. Jacob, who was the child carried to Windham in 1775. 
He married Hannah Staples; lived in Poland, Me.; had six 
children. 

2. Joseph, died at sea, unmarried. 



310 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

3. Sarah, married Benjamin Waterhouse, Apr. 28, 1800. 

4. Ann, died young. 

5. Dorothy Jones, who died Nov. 16, I860, aged 73 years 
6 "months. She, with Betsey Cook for a companion, lived many 
years in the old house near Windham Centre. The Bartons of 
Casco and Raymond are descendants of Ebenezer and Dorothy. 

BANGS 

Benjamin Bangs probably came from Gorham, where he 
married Elizabeth Rand, (intention entered on the Gorham 
Records, Dec. 21, 1793) ; and had twin sons, John and Benjamin, 
born there July 26, 1794. He moved to Windliam, where, ac- 
cording to the town records, they had four children, viz. : 

1. Stephen, born Oct. 24, 1799. 

2. Robert, born Apr. 16, 1802. 

3. Watson, born Dec. 8. 1804. 

4. Lowena, born Feb. 22, 1806. 

We do not know what became of this family, as nothing 
more appears on the Gorham or Windham records concerning 
them, save that they had a daughter Harriet, who died in Wind- 
ham, Dec. 1, 1799. 

BACON 

John Bacon, son of Thomas and Sally (Burton) Bacon, was 
born in Gorham, June 26, 1806. He married, in 1829, Eunice 
Fennel, intention of marriage recorded Feb. 28, 1829. He was 
by trade a blacksmith, but settled on a farm on the River Road 
at South Windham. He and his wife died in the winter of 
1892, within a few hours of each other, and were both buried 
the same day, in the Smith Cemetery at South Windham. They 
had children as follows, all born in Windham : 

1. Sarah F., born 1831, married Ichabod Leighton, of 

Falmouth, and died several years ago. 

2. Mary J., born 1833 ; married Stephen A. Cordwell 

of Cumberland Mills; died in 1856. 

3. John A., born in 1834, died in 1843. 

4. William, born about 1836 ; married Leighton ; is 

now (1911) living at Sebago Lake. 



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5. Eunice M., born about 1838, married Edwin Aver, of 
Cumberland Mills. 

6. George T., born about 1840 ; was a Union soldier ; 
wounded and had his leg amputated. 

7. Albert, born 1844, died 1847. 

8. John W. 

William, brother of John Bacon, was born in Gorham, ]\Iar. 
1, 1811 ; married, Oct. 12, 1834, Jane W. Marston of North Yar- 
mouth. He settled at Little Falls village ; was a blacksmith and 
afterwards a merchant. He died Dec. 23, 1892. She died in 
1890. They had no children. 

BAILEY 

Levi Bailey was born in Windham in June, 1804, married 
Mary, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Cobb) SaAv^^er of West- 
brook, intention entered June 26, 1835. He was a farmer and 
settled near the Second Advent chapel at South Windham, 
where he died July 25, 1884. His wife died Jan. 19, 1864, aged 
52 years. They are both buried in the Knight Cemetery. They 
had two children: 

1. Mary A., born 1836; married Joseph Knight of 

Limington; and died Sept. 29, 1869, aged 33 years, 6 months. 

2. Levi, Jr., born Feb. 28, 1838, married Elizabeth Whitney, 
daughter of Obadiah and his second wife Louisa (Hawkes) 
Whitney of Windham. 

^ BODGE 

The ancestor of all bearing the above name in Windham and 
vicinity was John Bodge, who, according to the best authority 
now obtainable, was born in Dover, N. H., about the year 1714. 
A full account of his life is given in Chapter II. 

He and his wife, Rebecca (Chute) Bodge, had seven children: 

1. Mary, born Dec. 19, 1744. 

2. John, born Dec. 12, 1747 ; d. unmarried. 

3. Sarah, born June 17, 1750. 

4. Thomas, born June 1, 1752. 

5. Abigail, born Feb. 8, 1754. 
— 6. Benjamin, born Jan. 6, 1756. 



312 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

7. Rebecca, born 1760, married, Dec. 25, 1783, William 

Mayberry, 3d. 

Thomas, son of John and Rebecca (Chute) Bodge, married 
(according to the Portland records), Nov. 24, 1775, Abigail 
Thrasher, of that place. It is supposed that he located in some 
town in the eastern part of the State. Of his descendants, if 
there were any, we are not informed. In fact, he seems to cut 
entirely loose from his relatives here and, so far as I can learn, 
the record of his marriage is all that is known in regard to him. 

Benjamin, son of John and Rebecca (Chute) Bodge, married, 
Jan. 1, 1778, Susannah, daughter of Zerubbabel and Hannah 
(Cobb) Hunnewell. She died Sept. 9, 1787; and, on Jan. 29, 
1789, he married Elizabeth Gammon of Gorham. He was a 
farmer and lived in Windham, about half a mile east of the 
River Road, in what was afterwards called '"the Bodge Neigh- 
borhood." Mr. Bodge was somewhat inclined to military life, 
and, in the ranks of the State ]\Iilitia, was commissioned as a 
major, and ever afterwards bore that title. He died at his home 
in Windham, Aug. 21, 1831, aged 75 years. His wife, Elizabeth, 
survived him, but the date of her death I have not learned. By 
his wife, Susannah, he had five children : 

1. Eunice, born Mar. 10, 1778, m. Ezekiel Robinson. 

2. Rebecca, born Aug. 9, 1779, m. Daniel Robinson. 

3. Thomas, born Mar. 12, 1781. 

4. Sarah, born Apr. 17, 1783, m. John Mayberry. 

5. Zerubbabel, born ]\Iar. 12, 1785, died young. 

Children by wife Elizabeth: 

1. Susannah, bapt. Oct. 17, 1790. 

2. Olive, born 1792 ; d. May 22, 1876 ; unmarried. 

3. John, born 1794. 

4. Betsey, , died unmarried. 

5. William, born Feb. 17, 1801. 

6. j\Iary. 

]\Iary, daughter of Jjhn and Rebecca (Chute) Bodge, mar- 
ried William Stinchfield. Of him I know nothing. They settled 
in New Gloucester, and died there. I have been told that they 
left issue. 

Sarah, daughter of John and Rebecca (Chute) Bodge, mar- 



GENEALOGY 313 

ried, Dec. 8, 1774, John Worster. On the town records he is 
styled ' ' Resident of Windham. ' ' I have no knowledge of where 
he came from, or where he went to after his marriage. No per- 
son of that name has lived in Windham within the memory of 
any one now living. 

Abigail, daughter of John and Rebecca (Chute) Bodge, mar- 
ried, j\Iar. 24, 1774, Nathaniel Jordan. He was then of Wind- 
ham, but later settled in Raymond. He was a farmer in that 
town, and he and his wife died there at a good old age and left 
descendants. 

Thomas, son of Benjamin and his first wife, Susannah (Hun- 
newell) Bodge, married, Sept. 24, 1803, Betsey, daughter of 
William and Jane (Miller) Mayberry of Windham. He died 
Aug. 6, 1856. She died Nov. 7, 1860, aged 84 years. From the 
time of his marriage until his death he owned and lived on a 
farm in the ' ' Bodge Neighborhood. ' ' He was a man of singular 
purity of character, a true and consistent Christian. Calm and 
quiet in his demeanor, warm-hearted and generous in his im- 
pulses, he endeared himself to all with whom he associated ; and 
when, on that pleasant autumn day, he was called to his reward, 
the entire community mourned the good man dead. He and his 
wife had ten children as follows : 

1. Jane, born Jan. 8, 1804; married Alexander Pride of 
W^estbrook; died July 12, 1833. 

2. Josiah, born Mar. 29, 1805. 

3. Susannah H., born May 16, 1806 ; married Jan. 18, 1829, 
Thomas Smith ; and died Jan. 5, 1898. 

4. Eliza A., born Sept. 13, 1807 ; married, Sept. 16, 1830, 
Daniel W. Dole ; died Mar. 18. 1832. 

5. Andrew, born Jan. 20, 1810. 

6. Thomas, Jr., born July 11, 1812. 

7. John A., born ]\Iar. 31, 1814. 

8. Charity A., born Sept. 17, 1816; married Stephen W. 
Freeman; died Apr. 21, 1842. 

9. William, born Mar. 5, 1820; and died Oct. 21, 1843 ; un- 
married. 

10. Eunice, born :\lar. 5, 1820 (twin with William). She 
married, first, Joseph Hawkes, (intention entered June 4, 1836). 
He died Jan. 19, 1844, and she married for her second husband 
William F. Sawyer. She died in Westbrook, Nov. 28, 1898. 



314 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

John, son of Benjamin, and his second wife Elizabeth (Gam- 
mon) Bodge, married, in 1827, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas 
Millions of Windham. Their intention of marriage was entered 
on the town records, Feb. 3, 1827. He died Sept. 1, 1873. She 
died May 25, 1876. They settled on a farm near Little Falls 
and died there. They are interred in the Brown Cemetery near 
their home. Had five children as follows: 

1. Mary E., born 1828. 

2. John J., born Jan. 8, 1831. 

3. Eunice R., born 1833 ; d. 1886 ; unmarried. 

4. Louisa, , lives in Portland ; is now 

(1904) unmarried. 

5. Albert, born July 1838. 

William, son of Benjamin and his second wife, Elizabeth 
(Gammon) Bodge, married, Sept. 17, 1826, Mary W., daughter 
of Robert and Sabra (Kendriek) Walker. He lived many years 
on his father's farm in Windham; but, about 1853, purchased 
a farm in Turner, Me., to which place he moved. There he died 
May 24, 1867. His wife, Mary, died in the same place, May 18, 
1896. Had eight children: 

1. Elizabeth Ann, born Mar. 22, 1827. 

2. Mary, born July 27, 1830, died Feb. 27, 1831. 

3. Sarah Olive, born Feb. 10, 1832. 

4. Benjamin Atwood, born Oct. 20, 1835.) 

5. Mary Jane, born Oct. 20, 1835. | 

6. Samuel Walker, born Mar. 26, 1838, d. Feb. 6, 1839. 

7. Abigail Cloudman, born Sept. 22, 1841. 

8. Margaret Ellen, born Aug. 16, 1845. 

Susannah, daughter of Benjamin and his second wife, Eliza- 
beth (Gammon) Bodge, married in 1810 (intention entered Aug. 
12, of that year), Peter S., son of Abraham and Lucy (Smith) 
Anderson, of Windham. He died in 1867, aged 77, on the farm 
on which he settled near the old Congregational meeting house, 
at South Windham. She died at Westbrook several years later. 
Their remains were deposited in the Smith family tomb at South 
Windham. 

Mary, daughter of Benjamin and his second wife, Elizabeth 
(Gammon) Bodge, married James Merrill of Gray. Their inten- 
tion of marriage was entered on the Windham records, Oct. 18, 



GENEALOGY 315 

18S4:. He was a woolen manufacturer and settled in Norway, 
Me., where he and his wife both died several years ago. They 
had three children (possibly more), as follows: 

1. James. 

2. Henry. 

3. Hannah. 

Of this family I can learn nothing more. 

Josiah, son of Thomas and Betsey (Mayberry) Bodge, mar- 
ried, first, Aug. 10, 1831, Isabella Richards, of Portland. She 
died Feb. 10, 186-1, and he contracted a second jnarriage with 
Mrs. Eunice F. (Means) Emery. He owned and occupied a 
farm near Little Falls in Windham. His second wife survived 
him and died Nov. 17, 1902, aged 87. His children, all by his 
first wife: 

1. George L., born Sept. 20, 1832, d. Mar. 29, 1833. 

2. Edwin A., born May 18, 1835, d. Dec. 10, 1901. 

3. Albert C, born Nov. 1, 1839, d. Nov. 16, 1840. 

4. Ann E., born May 15, 1842. 

Andrew, son of Thomas and Betsey (Mayberry) Bodge, mar- 
ried, in 1832, Sally Manson. Intention of marriage recorded 
June 23 of that year. Settled first in Windham, where all their 
children were born. Removed to Leeds, Me., where he pur- 
chased a farm and where his wife died May 30, 1893. He died 
Oct. 31, 1899. Had children, as follows: 

1. Eliza, born 1834, married, first, George F. Hanson; 

second, Albion Murch. She died several years ago. 

2. Peter A., born 1836. 

3. Charles H., born 1838, d. Nov. 29, 1863. He was a 

Union soldier. He enlisted, June 4, 1861, in Co. E., 5th Me. 
Regt., died of disease contracted in the service. He was un- 
married. 

4. Susan J., born 1840, married, first, Charles B. Walker, 
of Windham, from whom she was divorced. She married for a 
second husband. Rev. Cyrus Ward, who died Jan. 11, 1901. 
Lives at Westbrook. 

5. Eunice A., born 1843; married George Bickford, of 
Brownfield ; died Aug. 7, 1872. 

6. William, born , married Josephine Tenney of Caseo. 



316 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

She is not living, and he has a second wife. He was a Union 
soldier, served in the 17th Me. Regt. ; has children. Lives in 
Lewiston. 

7. Betsey, married Columbus Horsly. 

8. Sarah, married Roscoe Wheeler. 

9. Clinton F., born Jan. 16, 1854. 

Thomas, son of Thomas and Betsey (Mayberry) Bodge, mar- 
ried, Nov. 20, 1832, Abigail, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth 
(Waterhouse) Nason, of Gorham. He was at various times a 
farmer^ merchant, hotel keeper, and contractor. He lived in the 
towns of Windham, Standish, Gorham, Westbrook, Portland, 
and finally settled on the farm where he was born, and died 
there Feb. 20, 1890. His wife, Abigail, was born in Gorham, 
Nov. 2, 1809, died in Westbrook, Feb. 27, 1892. Their children 
were: 

1. Francis 0. J., born Feb. 10, 1835. 

2. Joseph G., born May 22, 1836. 

3. Louisa M., born Aug. 11, 1838. 

4. William A., born Mar. 10, 1839. 

5. Elbridge S., born Feb. 19, 1841. 

6. Elizabeth E., born Jan. 9, 1843. 

7. Emily J., born May 22, 1845, d. Apr. 20, 1846. 

8. Abbie M., born Jan. 11, 1847. 

9. James A., born Feb. 1, 1848, d. of smallpox at Wake- 
field. 

10. Amelia A., born Nov. 17, 1850. 

11. Andrew T., born Sept. 13, 1852. 

12. Died young, borne on the family record as "Little 
Sister," born Oct. 1, 1855; d. Feb. 27, 1856 at Portland. 

John A., son of Thomas and Betsey (Mayberry) Bodge, mar- 
ried Esther A., daughter of Elliott Harmon of Standish. He 
was by trade a blacksmith, and had a shop at Little Falls, where 
he carried on the business for a number of years. He finally 
became a Freewill Baptist clergyman and preached in many 
places, and was instrumental in bringing great numbers into 
that church. He was a forcible speaker, often eloquent, and 
always earnest in his appeals to his hearers. Being a fine singer, 
he was a power for good in the denomination. His children 
were : 



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1. George M., born Feb. 15, 1840. 

2. Mary, born , died, about 14 years old. 

3. Emily J., born , married Melville Johnson of Gor- 

ham. 

4. Henry W., born Nov. 12, 1850. 

5. Edward, born Jan. 20, 1853. 

Mary E., daughter of John and Elizabeth (Millions) Bodge, 
married William Clark of Portland. She died in that city, Sept. 
4, 1895. Her children were : 

1. Hattie L., born June 9, 1859. 

2. William P., born Aug. 12, 1860, d. 1861. 

3. Albert W., born Dec. 8, 1862. 

4. Carrie L., born Dec. 29, 1869. 

John J., son of John and Elizabeth (Millions) Bodge, mar- 
ried, Apr. 18, 1858, Martha M., daughter of John Webb, Esq., 
and his wife ]\Iartha M. (Mayberry) Webb, of Windham. He 
was a farmer and a school teacher. He settled on a farm near 
Little Falls, where he died Oct. 15, 1901. His wife died June 
8, 1900. Their children were as follows: 

1. Lindley W., born Mar. 21, 1862, died Apr. 8, 1864. 

2. Lincoln J., born ]\Iay 24, 1865. 

3. Elizabeth, born ]\Iay 1, 18—. , 

4. Eugene L., born Oct. 27, 1875. 

Albert, son of John and Elizabeth (Millions) Bodge, had 
three wives (not, let me hasten to add, all at once, but in the 
more commonplace and legal manner, one at a time) . His first 
wife was a Miss Mayberry. His second wife was Emily J., 
widow of Allen Pride, and daughter of Andrew and Margaret 
(Hawkes) Leighton. She died, and he married a third wife 
whose name we do not know. He died in Westbrook, Aug. 21, 
1897. By his first wife he had two children : 

1. Bertha, married Blanchard. 

2. Minnie, married Blanchard. 

By his second wife he had one daughter named Hattie. 

Lincoln J., son of John J. and ]\Iartha M. (Webb) Bodge, 
married, July 16, 1893, Josephine King. He graduated from 



318 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Bowdoin College in the class of 1889 and is a lawyer in Min- 
neapolis. His children, so far as we know, are : 

1. Mary B., born May 30, 1894. 

2. John L., born Apr. 19, 1897. 

Eugene, son of John J. and ^Martha M. (Webb) Bodge, mar- 
ried a daughter of Judge Charles P. Mattocks of Portland. He 
graduated from Bowdoin College in the class of 1897. He is a 
lawyer in Portland. 

Elizabeth, daughter of John and Martha M. (Webb) Bodge, 
is a graduate of Bates College. She married Scott Wilson, Esq., 
a well-known lawyer of Portland, and lives in the Deering Dis- 
trict. No children. 

William Henry, son of Alexander and Jane (Bodge) Pride, 

born June 30, 1828, married, first, Harmon of Gray; 

second, Rachel M. Peaco, daughter of Asa and Lucinda (Ed- 
wards) Peaco. She died not long after marriage, and he mar- 
ried a Mrs. Anthoine. In early life ]\Ir. Pride followed the sea, 
but, for many years, has been a farmer and stone cutter. He 
lives near the Duck Pond in Westbrook. Has three children, 
(possibly more) : 

1. James. 

2. Lottie. 

3. Delia F. 

Joshua Thomas, son of Alexander and Jane (Bodge) Pride, 

born 1832, married ]\lary Jane Legrow of Windham. 

She died, and he married a second wife whose name we do not 
know. He is a stone cutter in Farmington. N. H. Children, 
so far as we know : 

1. Henry W. 

2. John P. 

Edwin A., son of Josiah and Isabella (Richards) Bodge, 
married, first, Mary, daughter of Amos and Cynthia (Robinson) 

Hanson, of Windham. They were married Jan. 1854. 

She died May 28, 1864, and he married Jan. 13, 1867, Esther 
A., daughter of Oliver and Nancy (Phinney) Haskell. He 
was a farmer and lived on his father's farm near Little Falls. 
He died there Dec. 10, 1901. Children by his first wife: 



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1. George A., born Apr. 8, 1854, died July 15, 1864. 

2. Frederick, born July 18, 1856; died Apr. 14, 1875; was 
accidentally drowned, in Presumpscot Kiver. Children by 
second wife: 

3. Marj^ E., born July 10, 1868, in. Eugene Hawkes. 

4. Charles, born Mar. 28, 1870, married Ermina Montgom- 
ery, on Mar. 18, 1896. He died May 16, 1907. No children. 

Ann E., daughter of Josiab and Isabella (Richards) Bodge, 
married Francis Cloudman ; lived in Westbrook, and died there 
Feb. 21, 1909. Had four children: 

1. Cora, married Dr. Felix Barrett. 

2. Frank, married Fannie Cordwell. 

3. Andrew C, married, Aug. 10, 1892, ^Maggie Pride; lives 
at Westbrook. 

4. Percy, accidentally drowned in Presumpscot River, when 
a young man. 

Eliza, daughter of Andrew and Sally (Manson) Bodge, mar- 
ried George F., son of Joshua and Sally (Hill) Hanson. He 
was a school teacher; died Sept. 1, 1855, aged 25 years, 7 months. 
Mrs. Eliza Hanson married for a second husband Albion ]\Iurch 
of Baldwin and died there several years ago. (For children by 
both husbands, see Hanson family Records.) 

Peter A., son of Andrew and Sally (Manson) Bodge, married 
Amanda Dow. Resided, first in Portland, afterwards w^ent to 
Leeds, Me., where his wife died, and where he now^ lives. His 
children : 

1. Charles Adelbert, — is married and has children. 

2, Lillian Amanda, died young. 

Susan J., daughter of Andrew and Sally (]\Ianson) Bodge, 
married Charles B., son of Charles and Elizabeth (Hooper) 
Walker of Windham. They were divorced, and she married 
Rev. Cyrus Ward. He died at Westbrook, Jan. 4, 1901, aged 68 
years. Her children, all by first husband, were : 

1. Flora, married Blake. 

2. Nettie, married Chas. Wentworth. 

3. Lizzie, married . 

Eunice A., daughter of Andrew and Sally (^lanson) Bodge, 



320 WINDHzVM IN THE PAST 

married George Bickford, of Brownfield, IVlje. He was killed 
by a powder explosion at Newburg. She died Aug. 7, 1872, 
Their children were : 

1. Anne, married Alfred Allen. 

2. Andrew Luville, married Grace Dejoy. 

3. An infant son, not named. 

Betsey, daughter of Andrew and Sally (]\Ianson) Bodge, 
married Columbus Horsley of Leeds. Children: 

1. William Clinton, married Ethel Chesley, 1900. 

2. Freddie L., died aged about two years. 

3. Linwood P. 

4. Charles G. 

Sarah, daughter of Andrew and Sally (]\Ianson) Bodge, mar- 
ried, Aug. 1872, Roscoe P. Wheeler. Had children as 

follows : 

1. Nellie L., b. Oct. 1878, married Eddie Raydon. 

2. Fred L., b. Oct. 26, 1880. 

3. Roscoe C, b. Sept. 1890. 

Clinton T., son of Andrew and Sally (Manson) Bodge, mar- 
ried, Sept. 12, 1875, Alice Geneva Gordon. She died in June, 
1884, and he married a second wife, whose name I have not 
learned, and from whom he was divorced. His third wife was 
Mrs. Lizzie Holmes, daughter of Charles and Emily (Rounds) 
Jones, of Windham. His children, all by first wife, were: 

1. Lillian J., born Mar. 17, 1877. 

2. Alice May, born Feb. 22, 1879, d. a young girl. 

3. Charles, born Feb. 6, 1881. 

4. Sybil, born Oct. 2, 1883. 

Francis 0. J., son of Thomas, Jr., and Abigail (Nason) 
Bodge, married Martha E., daughter of Simeon Howard (Deer- 
ing District), where they now (1911) reside. Had one child: 

1. William H. H., born Nov. 1, 1853. 

Louisa M., daughter of Thomas, Jr., and Abigail (Nason) 
Bodge, married, first, Charles Kimball ; second. John P. Sawyer, 
son of Lemuel and Esther (Purinton) Sawyer; lived at West- 
brook. She died June 13, 1910. Children : 



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1. Clarence, m. Louise Dunn. 

2. Hattie, died young. 

Joseph G., son of Thomas, Jr., and Abigail (Nason) Bodge, 
married, first, Sarah Manchester. She was born Apr. 22, 1836, 
and died in Portland, June 3, 1872. He then married Lizzie 
A. N., daughter of Rev. David Newell of Gorham. He was a 
carpenter and builder ; lived several years in Portland, after- 
wards in Little Falls, and died there Apr. 1, 1902. By his first 
wife he had one child: 

1. Charles F., born Aug. 15, 1859 ; married Emily Z. Chad- 
well, of Windham; died July 21, 1882. Had children all of 
whom died young. 

William, son of Thomas, Jr., and Abigail (Nason) Bodge, 
married Jennie L. Cartland. She died Feb. 27, 1868. and he 
married Eunice E. Mosher of Gorham. He died at Brunswick, 
Me., several years ago. She died Jan. 11, 1904. Children: 

1. Cora, died young. 

2. Ernest A., born Feb. 1868. 

These were both his first wife's children. 

Elbridge S., son of Thomas and Abigail (Nason) Bodge, 
married, June 28. 1864, Elizabeth A., daughter of ]\Iarius and 
Judith (Partridge) Day of Bristol, Me. She died Aug. 16, 1908. 
They had three children : 

1. Fred, born June 28, 1869. 

2. Joseph P., born Oct. 22, 1872. 

3. Maude E., born Sept. 20, 1874; married Albert Robinson; 
lives in Medford, Mass. Children, Marion Elizabeth; Donald E. 

Elizabeth E., daughter of Thomas and Abigail (Nason) 

Bodge, married, Nov. 1859, Nelson, son of Daniel and 

Hannah (Crague) Mayberry of Windham. They lived, first on 
his father's farm, afterwards moved to Cumberland INIills where 
he died ]\Iar. 2. 1905. Have three children, as follows: 

1. Frank E., m. Helen K. Hall. 

2. Edwin T., born Apr. 11, 1866, m. Helen Woodman. 

3. Willard B., born Jan. 1, 1877. 

Abbie M., daughter of Thomas and Abigail (Nason) Bodge, 



322 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

married Isaiah Leighton of Westbrook, Me. She died ]\Iar. 2, 
1910. Their children were: 

1. Jennie A., married Ashton Leighton of Portland. 

2. Emma E., died when about 16 years of age. 

3. Martha E.. died an infant. 

4. Bertha L. 

5. Claire. 

Aurelia A., daughter of Thomas and Abigail (Nason) Bodge, 
married Mahlon A. Jordan of Westbrook, Me. He died Sept. 

17, 1903, aged about 45 years. They had no children. 

Andrew T., son of Thomas and Abigail (Nason) Bodge, 
married Florence, daughter of George and Berthenia (Manches- 
ter) Heath of Little Falls. He is a carpenter, resides at West- 
brook. Has two children : 

1. Harold H. 

2. Percival T. 

George M., son of John A. and Esther A. (Harmon) Bodge, 
married Ellen W^entworth of Brunswick, Me. He graduated 
from Bowdoin College in the class of 1868. He first taught 
school ; was principal of Gorham Seminary, and also at West- 
brook Seminary. He then studied divinity and became pastor 
of a- Unitarian church at Dorchester, from there he went to 
Leominster where he was pastor several years. He died July 

18, 1914 ; is buried at Leominster. His children were : 

1. Mary, died July 2, 1896, aged 27 years; unmarried. 

2. Claire. 

3. Margaret. 

Emily J., daughter of John A. and Esther A. (Harmon) 
Bodge, married Melville Johnson of Gorham, Me. He is a 
farmer and lives at South Gorham. Their children were: 

1. Katie, born Nov. 1, 1875, m. George E. Robinson. 

2. Harold, born May 4, 1877; d. Oct. 3, 1898; unmarried. 

3. Edward, born Oct. — 1879, m., Dec. 18, 1901, Ada 

L. Rock of Westbrook, Me. 

4. Mary, born Apr. 9, 1882. 

5. Esther, born Jan. 25, 1884. 

6. Philip, born Oct. 31, 1887. 



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7. George, born July 8, 1889. 

8. Herbert, born "Slav. 18, 1891. 

Henry W., son of John A. and Esther A. (Harmon) Bodge, 
married Ella Snow. Lives in Boston. Has one child : 

1. Wesley. 

Edward, son of John A. and Esther (Harmon) Bodge, mar- 
ried Aug. 1874, Deborah D. McLeod, a native of the 

British Provinces. He is a farmer and lives in Gorham, near 
the Standish line. They have three children : 

1. Gertrude, born Feb. 13, 1876. 

2. John D., born Mar. 18, 1881. 

3. George M., born Jan. 5, 1893. 

Harriet A., daughter of Eunice R. (Bodge) and her first 
husband Joseph Hawkes, mai-ried, first. James Baxter Smith. 
They had one child: 

1. Willie, died Sept. 25, 1864, aged 1 year, 9 months. She 
married for a second husband Levi E. Weymouth of Portland. 
They have two children: 

1. ]\Iary, married William H. Wood. 

2. Levi.. 

Ella M., daughter of William F. and Eunice (Bodge-Hawkes) 
Sawyer, married George Swett of Westbrook. He is a carpenter 
and lives at Westbrook. They have one child : 

1. Bertha. 

Edgar F., son of William F. and Eunice R. (Bodge-Hawkes) 
Sawyer, married Gertrude Govv^en of Westbrook. He was a 
farmer ; died in 1885 ; had no children. 

William H., son of Francis 0. J. and Martha (Howard) 
Bodge, married, :\Iay 1, 1882, Lucy Smith, daughter of Osmyn 
Smith of Bethel, Me. He died Dec. 21. 1895; lived at Morrill's 
Corner, Westbrook. Children: 

1. James H. H., born Feb.. 18, 1885. 

2. Francis 0. J., born Jan. 12, 1888. 

3. John L. L., born Mar. 13, 1889. 

4. Wilfred P., born May 7, 1890, d. Apr. 3, 1891. 

5. William H. H., born July 7, 1894. 



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6. Martha E., born May 19, 1896. 

Charles F., son of Joseph G. and Sarah (Manchester) Bodge, 
married Emily Z. Chadwell of Windham. Lived at Little Falls. 
Had two children : 

1. Joseph C, born Mar. 20, 1880, d. Aug. 20, 1881. 

2. Alice, d. July 3, 1887. 

Clarence, son of John P. and Louise ^I. (Bodge) Sawyer, 
married Louise Dunn of Westbrook. Resides at Cumberland 
Mills. Has one child, John Philip. 

Fred, son of Elbridge S. and Elizabeth (Day) Bodge, mar- 
ried, Dec. 22, 1892, Lottie, daughter of James and Charlotte 
(Lovitt) Guptill, of Gorham. Has one child: 

1. Wilbur G., born Nov. 1, 1894. 

Joseph P., son of Elbridge S. and Elizabeth (Day) Bodge, 
married, Oct. 24, 1900, Julia E. Plummer of Brunswick. He is 
a physician ; resides in Portland ; has one child. 

Mary, daughter of Edwin and Esther (Haskell) Bodge, mar- 
ried, Jan. 1, 1895. Eugene, son of John and Maria (Cobb) 
Hawkes of Gorham. He is a painter ; lives at Little Falls. 
Children : 

1. Esther Maria, born July 20, 1895. 

2. Edwin Percy. 

3. El win. 

BOLTON 

Thomas Bolton, ancestor of the Windham and Gorham fami- 
lies of that name, came from the North of Ireland. Among his 
fellow-passengers was IMary McLellan, a sister of Hugh, of Gor- 
ham, and James McLellan of Saeo. She had married in Ireland 
a man named Crague, who had a son. John, by a former mar- 
riage. The family started from Ireland for this country, some- 
where about the year 1729 or 1730. During the voyage Mr. 
Crague, whose first name is not recorded, died, leaving his widow 
with two children, Jane or Jenny, as she was called, and Hugh, 
together with John by his first w^ife. Shortly after the ship 
arrived in Boston, Bolton married jNIrs. Crague and came to 
Portland, Me. He appears to have been a man of some means, 
and, after remaining there for some time, he exchanged his prop- 



GENEALOGY 325 

erty for land in Windham and moved with his family to his 
newly purchased land. The Gorham History says, "This was 
before the year 1747." However, the report of the Proprietors' 
committee, made in 1759, locates him on Home Lot No. 52 ; with 
"a house rotten down," in 17-41. So it appears that he must 
have come before 1747. He also owmed Lot No, 54 in 1742. The 
Gorham History also remarks, that he had a garrison house on 
Lot 52, during the Indian war. This is a mistake ; the garrison 
house was on Home Lot 53 and belonged to his son, William. 
We have no record of the marriage of Thomas Bolton and Mary 
Crague, but their children were : 

1. William, born in Portland, Apr. 15, 1731. 

2. IMary, born , 1733, married , 1760, Robert 

Millions of Windham. 

3. ]\Iartha, married Capt. Richard Mayberry of Windham, 
Feb. 21, 1756 ; died at the age of 90 years. 

William, son of Thomas and Mary (JMcLellan-Crague) Bol- 
ton, married. Mar. 17, 1757, Rachel, daughter of Thomas Haskell 
of Falmouth. She was born July 12, 1730, and died Nov. 7, 
1812. He died Oct. 12, 1787. They had eleven children: 

1. Thomas, born Feb. 25, 1758 ; died June 18, 1793 ; mar- 
ried, Jan. 24, 1782, Hannah Crockett. 

2. William, born Jan. 1, 1760; died July 18, 1761 ; married 
Ann Webb, Jan. 5, 1780. 

3. Sarah, born June 18, 1761 ; died Aug. 28, 1850 ; married, 
May 10, 1787, Edward Webb, of Gorham. 

4. John, born Oct. 2, 1762 ;.died June 17, 1812 ; if married, 
left no children. 

5. Peter, born June 2, 1764; married, :Mar. 19, 1787, Re- 
becca Cobb ; lived in Windham. 

6. Anna, born May 1, 1766 ; died December 25, 1836 ; un- 
married. 

7. James, born July 23, 1768; married. Mar. 10, 1796, 
Elizabeth Pettingal; went to N. Y. 

8. Mary, born Aug. 14, 1770 ; died June 22, 1868 ; married, 
Apr. 10, 1794, Daniel Haskell of Windham. 

9. Rachel, born Nov. 16, 1772, died Feb. 14, 1786. 

10. Elizabeth, born Apr. 4, 1775, married Levi Estes. 

11. Solomon, born Mar. 9, 1778, died Mar. 14, 1793. 



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BRACKBTT 

Jeremiah Braekett, son of Capt. Joshua Braekett, was born 
in Gorham and came to "Windham, when a young man. He 
married, Mar. 24, 1816, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Sarah 
(Cobb)) Cloudman of Gorham. He settled on a farm near the 
schoolhouse in District No. 9, where he spent his long life. He 
died Dec. 27, 1869, aged 74 years. His wife died Sept. 18, 1881, 
aged 81 years. His children were as follows : 

1. Thomas, born July 26, 1816 ; died Dec. 24, 1885 ; married 
Martha, daughter of John and Martha (Stevens) Trott. He 
moved to Gorham and died in that town. His wife died in West- 
brook, Feb. 28, 1900, aged 83 years, 7 months. Had children. 

2. John L., born 1827, married Caroline Moore. He 

was a manufacturer and trader in Portland, and died there, 
Oct. 4, 1907, aged 80 years, 7 months. Had one child, a son, 
named Charles. 

3. Charles, born 1830; went aw^ay many years ago 

and has not been heard from since. 

4. Elizabeth, died in infancy. 

5. Melville Q., born Mar. 14, 1843, married, first, Hannah 
M. Mills of Oldtown, Me. ; second, Louise Mayberry, who died 
Feb. 22, 1899. By his first wife he had one child, Amelia F. 
There were no children by the second marriage. Mr. Braekett 
is a very ingenious mechanic, and noted for the excellency of this 
work ; lives at Little Falls, on Gorham side of the river. 

BROWN 

The ancestor of this Windham family was Ezra Brown. His 
origin has been a matter of question among his descendants, 
some claiming Rehoboth, INIass., as his birthplace. While this 
may be true, it cannot now be verified. It seems more than 
likely that he was a descendant of that John Brown, who was 
the first settler of Bristol, Me., in 1625, by virtue of a deed from 
that famous old chieftain, Samoset. It is also a matter of his- 
torical record that John Brown and Edward Bateman purchased 
of Robin Hood, another Indian chief, the territory then com- 
prised in the present town of Woolwich, Me. ; and the old records 
of that town state that Ezra Brown married Mary Boobier, of 
Georgetown, and moved to New Marblehead. Woolwich, was 



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then a precinct of Georgetown. Of course this is simply con- 
jecture, but, in the absence of any positive proof, it seems to 
us to be the most likely solution of the matter. 

The first notice which we find of him in Windham is in 1750, 
wiiere he appears as a settler on Home Lot No. 59, in the first 
division of ten-acre lots. This had been originally drawn by 
Thomas Frothingham, a hatter of old Marblehead, and one of 
the grantees of Windham. JNIr. Brown also owned No. 21 in 
the first division of one hundred-acre lots, and here he was shot 
and instantly killed by Chief Polin, on May 14, 1756. His 
widoAv afterwards became the second wife of Eleazer Chase, and 
they moved to Buckfield, Me., and died there. 

The children of Ezra and Mary (Boobier) Brown, were as 
follows : 

1. William, born , in Georgetown. 

2. Ezra, born Apr. 3. 1750, in Windham. 

3. Amos, born Mar. 3, 1752, in Windham ; went to Buckfield, 
and died there in 182-4. 

4. Lydia, born 1755, in Windham. 

Ezra, son of Ezra and Mary (Boobier) Brown, was born 
Apr. 3, 1750. He married, Oct. 21, 1773, Sarah, daughter of 
Capt. Caleb and Lois (Bennett) Graifam. He was a man of 
marked ability, and was much in public life. In 1797, he rep- 
resented Windham, in the General Court of Massachusetts, and 
was selectman for eighteen years. He was also instrumental in 
abolishing the union between church and state, a system that 
had been a prime factor in the New England economy from time 
immemorial. He died, respected by all. Mar. 31, 1826. He was 
twice married. His first wife, Sarah (Graff am) Brown, died 
Dec. 12, 1797 ; and, on Mar. 26, 1799, he married Sarah Barker 
of Windham. His children by first wife were : 

1. Lois B., born July 31, 1774. 

2. Ezra, born Dec. 22, 1775. 

3. Joseph, born Oct. 16, 1777, 

4. Mary, born Mar. 26, 1779. 

5. William, born Aug. 22, 1782. 

6. Caleb, born Aug. 17, 1784. 

7. Sarah, born Jan. 31, 1786. 

8. Peter, born Dec. 19, 1788. 



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9. Rebecca, born Aug. 5, 1790. 
Children by second wife : 

1. Amos, born ]\Iay 6, 1802. 

2. Ephraim, born July 15, 1804. 

3. Lydia, born June 9, 1806. 

4. Lois, born Mar. 30, 1809. 

5. Hannah, born , 1811. 

Lydia, daughter of Ezra and Mary (Boobier) Brown, mar- 
ried, Apr. 6, 1780, George, son of Thomas and Mary ( ) 

Thomas of Gorham. He was born about 1745, and died Apr. 28, 
1821, aged 76 years. She died May 13, 1822, aged 67. They are 
buried in the cemetery at Fort Hill, Gorham, near where they 
first settled. They had nine children: 

1. Betty, born Mar. 1, 1781. 

2. Ezra, born May 18, 1782 ; d. June 10, 1818 ; unmarried. 

3. Mary, born Dec. 10, 1783, m. Jacob Emerson, of Harrison. 

4. William, born Feb. 13, 1787; m., first, Mar. 18, 1817, 
Sally Plaisted ; second, Hannah Plaisted. 

5. Amos, born Oct. 30, 1788; m.. Mar. 29, 1810, Abigail 
Higgins; settled in Harrison, Me. 

6. Eunice, born Dec. 20, 1790; m., Dec. 5, 1820, Joseph 
Plaisted ; settled in Harrison. 

7. Mehitable, born Dec. 7, 1792 ; m., John Johnson of Har- 
rison ; settled in that town. 

8. Lydia, born Nov. 22, 1795; m., Sept. 24, 1821, Jeremiah 
Staples of Buxton, j\Ie. 

9. Nancy, born June 3, 1799 ; m , 1821, Zebulon 

Johnson ; lived in Harrison. 

Lois B., daughter of Ezra and Sarah (Graffam) Brown, mar- 
ried, May 22, 1796, Daniel, son of David and Sarah (Millett) 
Purinton; settled first in Windham; afterwards in Gorham. 
Had children, as follows: 

1. Ezra, born May 8, 1797, disappeared. 

2. David, born ]\Iay 1, 1800, m., first, Elizabeth Warren; 
second, Apphia Shaw. 

3. Peter, born Sept. 11, 1801, m. Harriet Crockett. 

4. Sally, born Aug. 31, 1804, m. Woodbury Rand, 

5. Mary, born Feb. 27, 1806, m. Joseph C. Larry. 



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Ezra, son of Ezra and Sarah (Graffam) Brown, married, 
Dec. 30, 1797, Sarah, daughter of Joshua and Sarah (Mayberry) 
Lowell of Windham. She was born May 21, 1777, and died 
Oct. 25, 181:1. He married for a second wife Hannah Higgins 
of Standish, Me. Children, all by first wife : 

1. Joshua L., born Mar. 27, 1803. 

2. Sally. 

Joseph, son of Ezra and Sarah (Graffam) Brown, married, 
Nov. 5, 1801, Betty, daughter of George and Lydia (Brown) 
Thomes of Gorham. This can hardly be regarded as a "love 
match," as, on the day the interesting event was to transpire, 
Mr. Brown said to a near neighbor, "I had rather go to the 
halter than to marry Betty." However, the ceremony took 
place, as advertised, and the happy couple located on a farm in 
Windham, near Great Falls, and appear to have done their part 
tow^ards increasing the population of his native township, as will 
appear further on. He died Sept. 29, 1828, aged 68. His wife 
Betty's translation took place Nov. 29, 1863, at the ripe age of 
84 years. They are buried in the Mayberry Cemetery, near 
where they lived and died. They had children, as follows: 

1. George, born May 4, 1803. 

2. Samuel, born July 25, 1805, d. Oct. 1, 1821. 

3. Amos, born Aug. 11, 1807. 

4. Ira, born July 17, 1809 ; d. May 4, 1871 ; a deaf mute. 

5. William, born Jan. 2, 1812. 

6. Peter, born Sept. 14, 1815, d. Aug. 2, 1822. 

7. Isaiah, born June 13, 1818, d. Jan. 12, 1844. 

8. Sarah, born Jan. 8, 1821, d. Nov. 2, 1840. 

]\Iary, daughter of Ezra and Sarah (Graffam) Brown, mar- 
ried, Oct. 30, 1796, Ephraim, son of Capt. Ephraim and Eliza- 
beth (Harding) Smith of Gorham. He was a farmer and lived 
near Little Falls, where he died, Aug. 29, 1825. She died May 
19, 1849. Had the following children: 

1. Nancy, born May 12, 1797; m., in 1815, George Hacker, 
from whom she was divorced ; v/ent to Portland and died there. 

2. Sarah G., born July 27, 1799 ; m., Dec. 16, 1818, Daniel 
H. Frost ; died Apr. 29, 1831. 



330 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

3. Elizabeth H., born July 17, 1801; m., Oct. 11, 1823, 
Alexander Pray; died Feb. 24, 1826. 

4. Rebecca, born July 15, 1803, d. Nov. 1, 1823. 

5. Ezra, born June 29, 1805, d. Oct. 26, 1826. 

6. Lois, born July 9, 1807 ; second wife of Alexander Pray; 
d. May 27, 1832. 

7. Peter B., born May 20, 1811; d. June , 1847; un- 
married. 

8. Samuel, born Mar. 1, 1814; d. July 20, 1850; unmarried. 

9. Emeline, born Dec. 24, 1816; m., Aug. 9, 1840, her 
cousin, Ezra Brown of Windham ; died July 29, 1848. 

10. William, born Mar. 18, 1820 ; m. Margaret Murch ; died 
Apr. 14, 1860. 

11. Albion E., born Jan. 29, 1824; d. Sept. 25, 1851; un- 
married. 

William, son of Ezra and Sarah (Graffam) Brown, married, 
Jan. 6, 1805, Hannah, daughter of William and Keziah (Han- 
son) Elder of AVindham. He was born Aug. 22, 1782, and died 
Dec. 16, 1851. She was born May 2, 1784 ; died Mar. 21, 1849. 
They are interred in the Brown Cemetery at South Windham. 
He was much in public life, being selectman in 1819, 1820. 1822, 
1823, 1824, 1826, 1827, 1828, 1830 and 1837. He was Town 
Clerk in 1822, and a justice of the peace for many years. He 
was universally respected by young and old. Had the following 
children : 

1. William E., born Apr. 8, 1806. 

2. Ezra, born June 20, 1809. 

3. Keziah H., born Sept. 5, 1811; d. July 8, 1883; un- 
married. 

4. Lois G., )born Apr. 22, 1820, d. Feb. 5, 1854. 

5. Sarah G.,Jborn Apr. 22, 1820, d. Sept. 23, 1820. 

6. Hannah E.. born Nov. 3, 1826. 

Sarah, daughter of Ezra and Sarah (Graffam) Brown, mar- 
ried, Dec. 25, 1803, Zebulun, son of James and Patience (Hun- 
newell) Pray of Windham. Settled in Albion, Me., where it is 
said they left descendants. 

Caleb, son of Ezra and Sarah (Graffam) Brown, married 
and settled in eastern Maine ; nothing is known about this family. 



GENEALOGY 331 

Rebecca, daughter of Ezra and Sarah (Grraffani) Brown, 
married, July 26, 1807, Josiah AVaterhouse, then of Standish, 
Me. He disappeared, leaving her with four children, and she 
afterwards became the second wife of Samuel Elder of Gorham. 
He died Sept. 22, 1860, aged 79. She died at Little Falls, June 
6, 1875, aged 85 years. Children, all by first husband : 

1. Sarah, died unmarried. 

2. Harriet, 2d wife of Jonathan Loveitt. 

3. Freeman, disappeared. 

4. Peter B., married ]\Iartha Thurlow. 

Amos, son of Ezra and his second wife, Sarah (Barker) 
Brown, entered his intention of marriage with Abigail H. Swett 
of Gorham, Dec. 13, 1827. He settled in Oxford County, Me., 
and died there. Had children, one of whom was adopted by 
Eliakim Nason, of North Windham, and he is known as Leroy 
B. Nason. 

Lydia, daughter of Ezra and Sarah (Barker) Brown, after 
living single until past middle age, was twice married. Her first 
husband w^as Joseph Shaw of Standish, who went to heaven, 
or elsewhere, in a few years; and she chose a second consort 
in the person of one Eben bloody, likewise of Standish. He, 
too, went the way of all mundane things; and she gave up the 
quest of further connubial felicity and departed this life. Mar. 
3, 1899, at the ripe age of 93 years. 

Joshua L., son of Ezra 3d, and Sarah (Lowell) Brown, mar- 
ried, Dec. 14, 1828, Betsey Hawkes of Windham. He died Mar. 
25, 1882. She was born Apr. 14, 1803 ; died Oct. 20, 1879. He 
was a shoemaker and carried on that business all his life. Lived 
for several years at Little Falls, and died there. He and his 
wife are buried in Hillside Cemetery. Their children : 

1. Lendall, born Oct. 17, 1830. 

2. Daniel S., born May 16, 1832. 

3. Rebecca H., born Oct. 11, 1834. 

4. Charles R., born May 26, 1836. 

Sarah (or Sally), daughter of Ezra 3d and Sarah (Lowell) 
Bromi, married, Feb. 17, 1831, Orren Smith of Hollis, Me. Had 
one child: 

1. William, born Dec. 21, 1831. 



332 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

William E., son of William and Hannah (Elder) Brown, 
married, June 29, 1829, Elizabeth, daughter of Jeremiah and 
Hannah A. (Higgins) Frost of Gorham. He died Sept. 29, 
1851. She was born Nov, 7, 1807, but I can find no record of 
her death. He was a farmer and lived near Little Falls. Had 
four children: 

1. Sarah E., born Aug. 24, 1831. 

2. Harriet F., born July 15, 1836, d. July 2-4, 1837. 

3. Ann M., born July 12, 1838. 

4. William H., born Apr. 28, 1840. 

Ezra, son of William and Hannah (Elder) Brown, married, 
Aug. 9, 1840, his cousin, Emeline H., daughter of Ephraim and 
Mary (Brown) Smith of Gorham. She died July 29, 1848. He- 
died Oct. 9, 1858. He owned a large and valuable farm near 
Little Falls and was an active and influential citizen. He was 
Selectman in 1845, 1846, 1849 and 1850. He was Representa- 
tive to the State Legislature in 1842, 1843 and 1856. He was 
highly respected by all who knew him. He and his wife and 
children are buried in the Brown Cemetery. Had two children, 
as follows: 

1. Mary A., born in 1841; d. June 5, I860; unmarried. 

2. Emeline, died Nov. 13, 1843 ; an infant. 

Lois G., daughter of William and Hannah (Elder) Brown, 
married Freeman Brown of Raymond. It is believed that they 
were in no way related; lived on her father's farm and died 
there, Feb. 5, 1854. Had no children. 

Hannah E., daughter of William and Hannah (Elder) 
Brown, married Hazen H. Whittier. He was born at Methuen, 
Mass., Nov. 14, 1829, died in Windham, Apr. 9, 1884. She died 
Sept. 20, 1890. They, with all their children, are buried in the 
Brown Cemetery. Lived on her father's farm near Little 
Falls. Had four children: 

1. Mary Ella, May 23, 1857; d. in Westbrook, Aug. 12, 
1894; unmarried. 

2. Hannah J., born Jan. 30, 1859, d. same year. 

3. William B., born Apr. 26, 1862. 

4. Ezra H. B., born Apr. 17, 1866; d. Oct. 16, 1892; un- 
married. 



GENEALOGY 333 

William, son of Orren and Sally (Brown) Smith, married, 
Mar. 31, 1851, Sarah A. Libby of Standish, Me. She was born 
Jan. 10, 1828, and died May 15, 1869 ; and he married Ella J., 
daughter of Samuel and Harriet (Latham) Bragdon of Wind- 
ham. She is now deceased. He was, for many years, an em- 
ployee of the Oriental Powder Co. at Gambo; but, after the 
death of his second wife, he went to live with his children at 
Westbrook. He became depressed in mind, which resulted in 
insanity and, on April 26, 1900, he committed suicide by hang- 
ing. Children by first wife: 

1. Mary Jane, born Feb. 19, 1853. 

2. Rosetta, born Dec. 18, 1854. 

3. Arthur L., born Sept. 25, 1859. 
Children by second wife: 

1. Walter W., born Dec. 10, 1872. 

2. Sarah E., born Oct. 18, 1876. 

Sarah E., daughter of William E. and Elizabeth (Frost) 
Brown, married, Apr. 21, 1851. Eli, son of Peter and Enice 
(Whitney). Lived in (rorham. Their children: 

1. William E., born Dec. 20, 1851, d. July 27, 1853. 

2. Mary E., born Dec. 2, 1853. 

3. Charles E., born Mar. 20, 1856. 

4. Fred E., born June 13, 1857. 

Amos, son of Joseph and Betty (Thomes) Brown, married 
Mehitable Wing. He died June 30, 1868. She died Feb. 17, 
1872, aged 66 years. He was a farmer and lived on the place 
now (1904) owned by W. H. McLellan, on Gorham side of Pre- 
sumpscot River, near Little Falls. They are buried in Hillside 
Cemetery. He was somewhat eccentric, but an honest, upright 
man and a good citizen. Had no children. 

William, son of Joseph and Betty (Thomes) Brown, married, 
May 22, 1844, Sarah J. Brackett, of Westbrook. He died July 
23, 1895. She died Dec. 19, 1892. He was a farmer and lived 
near Fort Hill, Gorham and died there. In 1839, for some 
reason never explained, he procured an act of Legislature and 
changed his name to Ezra Thomes. Had two children : 

1. Llewellyn T., born Apr. 2, 1846 ; m. Rebecca Elliott ; lives 
on his father's place. 



334 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

2. Samuel B., born Apr. 22, 1853; is a physician; lives in 
Portland, Me. 

Lendall, son of Joshua L. and Betsey (Hawkes) Brown, 
married Evelyn, daughter of Almery and Betsey (Butterfield) 
Hamblen of Gorham. She was born June li, 1842, and is now 
(1904) living in Minneapolis, Minn. He died June 23, 1893, 
aged 62 years. Was a shoemaker and worked at that trade more 
or less until his death. Had children. 

1. Herbert, lives in Minnesota. 

2. Ella, is married and lives in Minnesota. 

Daniel S., son of Joshua L. and Betsey (Hawkes) Brown, 
married, Apr. 29, 1868, Ellen, daughter of Timothy D. and 
Catharine (Dingly) Burnham, of Gorham, formerly of Casco, 
Me. ; resided at Little Falls ; was a farmer and gardener. Had 
two children : 

1. Alice, born Nov. 30, 1871 ; m. Frank E. Hall. 

2. Lendall, born Nov. 15, 1874; is a physician at No. Ber- 
wick. 

Charles, son of Joshua L. and Betsey (Hawkes) Brown, 
married, Oct. 30, 1877, Mrs. Maggie McDavitte. He was a 
physician ; lived in Lynn, Mass. ; died Mar. 21, 1907. Had no 
children. 

Rebecca R., daughter of Joshua L. and Betsey (Hawkes) 
Brown, married, Dec. 7, 1864, Dr. Nathan R. Morse, of Salem, 
Mass. ; lives in that city. Has four children : 

1. Charles. 

2. Henry. 

3. George. 

4. Ellen. 

Mary E., daughter of Eli and Sarah E. (Brown) Whitney, 
married, June 29, 1870, Lothrop Files of Gorham. Had the 
following children : 

1. William E., died in infancy. 

2. William E. 

3. Mabel L. 

4. Annie L, 

5. Fred W. 



GENEALOGY 335 

Charles E., son of Eli and Sarah E. (Brown) Whitney, mar- 
ried, in 1879, Emma Thompson. Had one child: 

1. Everett. 

Fred E., son of Eli and Sarah E. (Brown) "Whitney, married, 
June 30, 1881, Fannie L. Cash. Had one child: 

1. Hattie M., born May 19, 1883. 

William B., son of Hazen H. and Hannah E. (Brown) Whit- 
tier, married, Nov. 16, 1889, Fannie M. Gamman. He died June 
29, 1890. Had one child: 

1. Percy William, born Sept. 6, 1890. 

From the old records of Windham, we learn that Ezra Brown, 
the first, had two brothers who either came here at the same 
time that he did or shortly afterwards. • Their names were Amos 

and William, Amos married, Sept. 1768, Mrs. Elizabeth, 

widow of Ephraim Winship ; and, on May 15, 1775, he enlisted 
for three years in Capt. Wentworth Stuart's Co., Col. Edmund 
Phinney's Regt., and was killed at the Battle of Hubbardstown. 
Of his children, if any, we are not informed. 

William, brother of the above, appears to have settled, after 
the Indian wars, at Presumpscot Lower Falls, and I have not 
been able to learn anything whatever about him. 

WILLIAM CAMPBELL 

Where this early settler came from, we have never been able 
to ascertain. The first notice we find of him occurs in the church 
records, under date of Apr. 22, 1754:. He then lived on a farm 
on the easterly side of Canada Hill, where it appears lie had a 
wife named Eachel, and the church book gives the following as 
their children : 

1. A child not named, born Apr. 22, 1754. 

2. Mary, born Feb. 26, 1758. 

3. William, baptized by Rev. Peter T. Smith, Apr. 18, 1765. 

Mr. Smith adds to the record of baptism that Mrs. Campbell died 
five days before. On May 19th Mr. Campbell, married a second 
wife, whose name was Elizabeth Brawn, then of Windham ; and 
we find the following entry in the church book, dated Oct. 30, 



336 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

1785 : ' ' Baptized Elizabeth the wife of William Campbell, 
Jane, Lydia, Loranna, Joel Pike and Betty the children of 
William and Elizabeth Campbell." They also had a son named 
James, who married Peggy (or Margaret) Hendly, widow of 
Nathaniel ]\Iugford in 1831, (intention entered on the AVindham 
Records, Apr. 15th of that year.) This name is recorded as 
Campbell, Cambel, Camble and Camel. The family has been 
extinct in Windham for many years. 

CARTLAND 

John Cartland was the son of Charles and Mariam (Robin- 
son) Cartland of Parsonsfield, Me., and was born in that town 
Nov. 30, 1820. He married Oct. 29, 1845, Nancy, daughter of 
Rufus and Jane Millikin, also of Parsonsfield. She was born 
Oct. 30, 1823. He was a well-known Quaker minister and died 
in Windham, Dec. 4, 1902, aged 82 years, 4 days. He came with 
his family to Windham and purchased the farm, formerly owned 
by Josiah S. Allen near Pleasant River, where he died at the 
above date. Children as follows: 

1. Rufus. 

2. Martha J., born May 1, 1849. 

3. Miriam, born Feb. 1, 1851. 

4. Mary E., born Apr. 25, 1855. 

5. Lizzie A., born Nov. 30, 1857. 

6. William, born Jan. 5, 1860. 

7. Abbie D., born Oct. 19, 1863. 

8. Emma, born Sept. 1, 1866. 

CHADBOURNE 

Joseph Chadbourne came here about the year 1790. He was 
a descendant of Humphy Chadbourne, who was a native of York 
Co., Me. He settled on a farm on the Duck Pond Road, about 
one mile from the old Province Fort ; and here he built a large 
two-story house, which stood deserted and decayed as late as 
1845. He was also a lumberman and, from a peculiar mark 
which he placed on his logs, was always known as "Old Crow- 
foot." He appears to have been an active, energetic man and 
accumulated a considerable fortune. The author of ' ' Two Tons 
of Chadbournes, " which appeared in the "Portland Sunday 



GENEALOGY 337 

Telegram" of Jan. 15, 1911, says that Joseph Chadbourne mar- 
ried Lucy Berry, but the following entry on the Windham 
records seems to contradict his statement: "]Mr. Joseph Chad- 
bum, and ]\Iiss Lucy Grant Boath of Windham Intend ^larriage. 

Abram Osgood, 

Town Clerk." 
Oct. 23, 1790. 

We find that the above parents had three children born in 
Windham, as follows: 

1. Benjamin, born June 22, 1791. 

2. Timothy, born Mar. 14, 1793. 

3. Lewis, born June 8, 1803. 

Possibly there were other children born here, but these are 
all that appear on the records, and I am inclined to think that 
Mr. Chadbourne sold his property in Windham and moved else- 
where, about 1804. 

CHASE 

Eleazer Chase was an early settler in Windliam. He married 
Jane, daughter of Samuel Elder, and settled on Home Lot No. 
58, as early as 1750. He probably came from Standish to this 
town. He and his wife Jane had four children : 

1. Nathaniel, born July 14, 1750. 

2. Joshua, born Feb. 25, 1752. 

3. Mary, born Apr. 10, 1755. 

4. Isaac, born Dec. 12, 1757. 

Mrs. Jane Chase died about 1762, and Mr. Chase married for 
his second wife I\Irs. Mary, widow of Ezra Brown, who was 
killed by Chief Polin, in 1756. They had a son, Joseph, baptized 
in Oct., 1766. The lot was the right of William Goodwin, one 
of the original grantees, of whom :\Ir. Chase purchased it. In 
1759, the Committee of Investigation report that ]\Ir. Chase had 
a house and nine acres cleared on this lot. He appears to have 
lived here until his children grew up. In March, 1781, his oldest 
son, Nathaniel, accompanied by Amos Brown and Daniel 
Crockett all of Windham, started in the early morning for 
Buckfield intending to settle in that town. It is said there was 



338 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

a hard crust on the snow, that they each had their clothing, 
guns and provisions loaded on hand-sleds, and that they traveled 
forty miles that day. These men were among the first settlers 
in that town, and all had families. In one year Nathaniel Chase 
had cleared twelve acres of land and built a comfortable log 
house, into which he moved his father and mother in 1782. He 
gave them the lot and took up a hundred acres near by, and here 
he died, it is said at the age of 91 years. 

Nathaniel Chase was a Baptist preacher and was said to have 
been the first one in that vicinity. He married a wife belonging 
to his native town, as we find on the records the following entry : 
"Aug. 23, 1783, ]\Ir. Nathaniel Chase of a place called Buck- 
town and ^liss Rhoda Ellet of Windham, Intend ^Marriage. — 
Richard Dole, Town Clerk." 

Eleazer Chase served 3 years during the Revolutionary War ; 
he was a private in Capt. Richard ^Nlayberry's Co., Benjamin 
Tupper's 11th Mass. Regt. Nathaniel Chase is also credited 
with 9 months, 10 days' service, but we do not know in what 
Co. or Regt. 

HIRAM CHASE 

He came from Waterborough, Me., where he was born, July 
4, 1804. He died here Feb. 16. 1888. He married Jan. 19, 
1829, Mary J., daughter of Hezekiah and Sally Smith. His 
wife died Jan. 26, 1885. He was a farmer and lived near the 
Adventist church in the south jiart of the town ; and on this 
farm they both died, having spent long and useful lives. They 
had two childdren, as follows: 

1. Lorenzo T.. born Dec. 25, 1829. 

2. Nancy B., born June 24, 1832, married May 8, 1853, 
George Hawkes. 

Lorenzo T., son of Hiram and ]\Iary J. (Smith) Chase, mar- 
ried ]\Iary A., daughter of John and ^lartha M. (Mayberry) 
Webb, Nov. 25, 1855. He died Sept. 28, 1910; lived in Portland. 
Children : 

1. Edward M., born Mar. 18, 1860, deceased. 

2. Martha J., born Dee. 3, 1864, m. Dr. Patterson. 



GENEALOGY 3'39 

CLOUDMAN 

Nathan Cloudman was the son of Jesse and Hannah (Swett) 
Cloudman and was born in Gorham, Aug. 12, 1799. He came 
to Windham, when a young man, and settled on a farm near the 
schoolhouse in District No. 9, where he lived and died. He 
niarried ]March, 1826, (intention entered ]Mar. 3d of that year), 
Elizabeth, daughter of John and Abigail (Winslow) Gallison 
of Windham. Children : 

1. Abigail L.. born Oct. 29, 1827, married William R. P. 
Cross of Portland, and died in that city Apr. 12, 1895. Had 
four children. 

2. Ann, born June 29. 1829. She was twice married. 
Her first husband was Jason ]\Iiller, who died in Oct., 1882, aged 
49 years. Her second husband was Joseph Moore of Casco. 
He died about 1886. She died July 26, 1909; no children. 

CHUTE 

The first American ancestor of this family was Lionel 
Chute, born in Dedham, Essex County, England, in 1580. He 
married Rose, daughter of Robert Baker (or Barker) about 
1610, and had children born in England. 

1. James, baptized Feb. 3, 1613. 

2. Nathaniel, born about 1613, died in ^Mass. in 1640. 

3. Mary, baptized Nov. 23, 1619. 

Lionel Chute emigrated to this country in 1634. He settled 
in Ipswich, Mass., and became the schoolmaster of that ancient 
settlement, first known as Agawam. He made his will in 1644, 
in which quaint document he calls himself "Lionell Chute of 
ye town of Ipswich, (Schoolmaster)." He died in 1645, leaving 
a respectable estate. 

James Chute, son of Lionel and Rose Chute, brought with 
his parents to Ipswich, in 1634, married, about 1647. Elizabeth 
Epps, and had one child : 

1. James, born in Ipswich, in 1649, and married ^lary 
Wood, daughter of William and ^Nlary. He had four children 
born in Ipswich and five in Byfield parish, Newbury. There 
were six daughters and three sons. The sons were Lionel, 
James, and Thomas. 



340 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Thomas, the third son of James and ^lary (Wood) Chute, 
born in Byfield parish, Jan. 30, 1690, had a somewhat checkered 
career. In his youth he learned the trade of "Tayler, " and 
evidently pursued that calling for some time in Boston, where 
he married, on Dec. 11, 1712, Mary Curtice. This ceremony 
was performed by Rev. Cotton Mather, D.D. He had children 
born there. From Boston he went to Marblehead sometime pre- 
^ious to 1724, vs^here we find him busy at his trade of tailoring, 
keeping a house of entertainment and serving as a deputy 
sheriff. 

(For leading facts in Mr. Chute's career in "Windham, see 
Chapter II.) 

His wife, Mary (Curtice) Chute, died, according to an entry 
made by Mr. Chute on the church records, July 30, 1762, aged 
70 years, — and he adds, "Greatly lamented not only by her own 
family, but by all who had acquaintane with her." 

Thomas and jMary Chute had nine children, all born in 
Massachusetts. They were as follows: 

1. Mary, born Aug. 25, 1713, died soon. 

2. James, born Jan. 1, 1715, died in Marblehead, 1730. 

3. ]\Iary, born Oct. 30, 1716, died in Boston. 

4. Abigail, born June 7, 1718, married a Mr. Cobham. Fal- 
mouth, Me. 

5. Thomas, born July 3, 1720, died young. 

6. Edmund, born June 17, 1722, (baptized as "William.") 

7. Rebecca, born Jan. 6, 1724; married, Dec. 14, 1743. John 
Bodge of Windham. 

8. I\Iary, born Mar. 27, 1726. 

9. Curtis, born Sept. 15, 1728. 

Curtis, son of Thomas and Mary (Curtice) Chute, born in 
Marblehead, and baptized there in the first church, Sept. 15, 
1729, came with his parents to New Marblehead, in 1739. He 
married, March 21, 1754, ]\Irs. ^Miriam (Carr) Worcester, widow 
of Josiah Worcester, and lived in Windham. He was instantly 
killed by lightning at Portland, June 5, 1767. Had six children : 

1. Ruth, born Jan. 12, 1755; married Jeremiah Jordan in 
Windham, (intention entered July 29, 1775) ; had nine children; 
died Apr. 16, 1803. 



GENEALOGY 341 

2. James, born Apr. 9, 1757, died young. 

3. Josiah, born June 2, 1759. 

4. Thomas, born Feb. 19, 1762. 

5. James, born Mar. 17, 1764. 

6. John, born Apr. 26, 1767. 

Josiah, son of Curtis and Miriam Chute, married, Sept. 11, 
1781, Mary Noyes of Portland. He served with honor in the 
Revolution, was at the Battle of Hubbardton, where he was 
wounded in the shoulder Ijy a musket ball, and at the Battle 
of Monmouth ; spent the winter of 1777-8, at Valley Forge. 
He was honorably discharged, Dec. 12, 1779, and returned to 
his home in Windham, where, for several years, he was a trusted 
officer of the town. Ue died Oct. 21, 1834. His wife, Mary, 
died Nov. 19, 1843, aged 80 years. Children: 

1. Curtis, born Dec. 15, 1782. 

2. David, born Dec. 10, 1784, died at Point au Petre, 
Guadeloupe, W. I., Aug. 1, 1810. 

3. Polly (or Mary), born Oct. 21, 1786; married Joseph 
Noyes, (intention entered Aug. 13, 1803.) 

4. Josiah, born Sept. 11, 1789. 

5. Nancy, born Oct. 28, 1792. 

6. James, born June 28, 1796, died Jan. 9, 1798. 

7. Dorcas, born July 9, 1799, m. Isaac Cobb. 

8. Susan Osgood, born Nov. 19, 1802. 

9. George W., born May 4, 1805 ; died Nov. 23, 1882 ; un- 
married. 

Thomas, son of Curtis and Miriam Chute, married Mary 
]\Iayberry in 1782, (intention entered Nov. 22, 1782). She was 
the daughter of Capt. Richard and Martha (Bolton) Mayberry. 
He had a decided taste for military life, and was Colonel of 
Militia during the War of 1812, and later Sheriff of Cumber- 
land County. He died Sept. 4, 1816. Children: 

1. Francis, born May 15, 1783. 

2. Sally, born June 5, 1785, married Robert Loveitt, June 
5, 1803. 

3. William Carr, born Feb. 12, 1788. 

4. James, born Mar. 1790, died July 15, 1791. 

5. Fanny, born ]\Iay 12, 1792; married David Proctor, 
Sept. 19, 1813. 



342 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

6. Margaret, born Nov. 21. 1794, died Oct. 6, 1802. 

7. Daniel, born Feb. 10, 1797. 

8. James, born Aug. 12, 1801. 

9. Thomas, born Aug. 12, 1803. 

10. Curtis, born Oct. 2, 1806, died Oct. 11, 1806. 

John, son of Curtis and Miriam Chute, married, Nov. 23, 
1793, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Watson) 
Andrew. He lived in Windham until 1816, when he removed 
to Naples, Me. There, for many years, he owned and kept the 
hotel known as the ' ' Elm House, ' ' on the east side of Long Lake ; 
and here he died, July 25, 1857. aged 90 years, 8 months. His 
wife died Oct. 22, 1843, aged 71 years. They had the following 
children, born in Windham : 

1. John, born Sept. 22, 1794. 

2. Betsey, born Dec. 6, 1795. 

3. Abraham W., born June 7, 1797. died Oct. 29, 1874, aged 
77 years. 

4. Elizabeth, born Feb. 9, 1799. 

5. Miriam, born Sept. 25, 1800; married Nathan Church; 
died May 25, 1862. Mr. Church died Jan. 27, 1873, aged 79 
years, 10 months, 11 days. 

6. Jonathan Andrew, born Apr. 23, 1811, died in West- 
port, Missouri ; where he was a practicing physician. His 
gravestone in the Chute burial ground at Naples bears the fol- 
lowing inscription: "In memory of J. Anderson Chute, M.D., 
youngest son of ]\Ir. John Chute who died at Westport, ^Missouri, 
Oct. 1, 1838, aged 27 years." On the town records he is called 
Jonathan Alidrew. 

Curtis, son of Josiah and ^lary Chute, married Susan Noyes 
of Falmouth, (intention filed Nov. 16, 1805.) 

Josiah, Jr., son of Josiah and ^lary Chute, married Catharine 
Clement. He died Feb. 1, 1837, aged 47 years. She died Dec. 
13, 1877, aged 77 years, 5 months. They were, we believe, the 
parents of Joseph C. Chute, who married Sarah S., daughter 
of James and Hannah (Sylvester) Winslow, lived on the Wins- 
low place, and died there Jan. 7, 1886, aged 62 years. His wife, 
Sarah S., died Feb. 7, 1893, aged 66 years. They left a son, 
Edwin, who now (1912) lives on his father's farm. 



GENEALOGY 343 

Susan, daughter of Josiah and Mary Chute, married, Jan. 1, 
1826, Sydney Smith of Portland. 

Francis, son of Thomas and ^lary (^layberry) Chute, mar- 
ried Martha Mayberry, June 2, 1805. 

Daniel, son of Thomas and IMary (Mayberry) Chute, married 
Bathsheba :\Iayberry, Apr. 21, 1816. 

William Carr, son of Thomas and Mary (Mayberry) Chute, 
married Rosanna ^Mayberry, Sept. 10, 1809. 

CHESLEY 

Joseph Chesley was an early settler in this town, but where 
he came from, we are not able to say. The first notice we find 
of him is Dec. 25, 1766, when he was married to Abigail, 
daughter of Capt. Caleb and Lois (Bennett) Graffam. She was 
born in Falmouth (now Portland), Apr. 11, 1744. ]\Ir. Chesley 
settled on the farm afterwards owned by the late Thomas L. 
Smith, Esq., and his house stood near the present dwelling. He 
appears to have been a quiet, industrious man, but little inclined 
to mingle much in public affairs. No record of his death is 
known to exist, and the name is now extinct in Windham. He 
and his wife, Abigail, had eleven children, all born in Windham : 

1. Hannah, born July 12, 1768, m. Isaac Elder. 

2. Abigail, born Dec. 12, 1770, m. Silas Elder. 

3. Isaac, born May 10, 1774; m. Wallace; settled 

in Westbrook. Had children. 

4. Mary, born 1776. 

5. Enoch, born Oct. 28, 1778, died Dec. 8, 1850, unmarried. 

6. Dorcas, born Feb. 22, 1781, m. Robert Estes. 

7. Rebecca, born July 19, 1783, m. Joseph Cobby. 

8. Lucy, born Apr. 1786, m. Green. 

9. Margaret, born Nov. 1, 1788, m. Wm. Elder. 

10. Phebe, probably died young. 

11. Moses, born June 12, 1802. 

COBB 

The ancestor of all bearing this surname in New England, 
and doubtless in America, was Henry Cobb, called in the old 
colonial records. Eld. Henry. He came from Kent Co., Eng- 



344 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

land, and settled in Barnstable, ]\Iass., in 1632. He was twice 
married, but the name of only one of his wives has been pre- 
served. She was Sarah Hinckley, laughter of Samuel and 
Sarah Hinckley, who came from Tenterden, Kent Co., in 1635. 
It is not known whether she was the first or second wife of 
Henry Cobb. He was tlie father of sixteen children, ten by his 
first wife and six by his second wife. 

His sixth son, Jonathan, was the ancestor of the Cobbs in 
"Windham, Westbrook, Portland, and vicinity. He married 
Hope Hutchins, and they had six children. His eldest son, 
Samuel, moved to Falmouth, according to Rev. Thomas Smith's 
Journal, from Middleborough, Mass., in 1717, and settled near 
Pride's Bridge, on what is still called "Cobb's Lane." His 
wife's name was Abigail, (maiden name unknown). She died 

Sept. 1766, aged 80 years. He died in 1767. They had 

seven children : 

1. Chipman, (According to Rev. Dr. Dcane's Diary, he mar- 
ried, July 1, 1765, "Widow Hall." She was the widow of 
Ebenezer Hall, who was killed by the Indians at Martinicus 
Island, June 10, 1757.) They settled in Gorham, Me., and had 
children. 

2. Ebenezer, died 1721, aged 33. 

3. Samuel, (Rev. Thomas Smith, calls him "Capt." and 
says, under date of July 29, 1768, "He moved to New Casco," 
and further remarks, that he was a great ship-builder, and had 
two sons, Samuel and William). 

4. Peter, born in Falmouth, 1720. 

5. James, born 1723, in Falmouth. 

6. Hope, married Benjamin Winslow, 1738. 

7. Hannah, born in Middleborough, Mass., Apr. 1, 1712; 
married, first, John Swett; second, Zerubbabel Hunniwell, in 
1754. She was Mr. Hunniwell 's second wife and died in Wind- 
ham, Apr. 24, 1791. He died Aug. 23, 1803, aged 89 years. 

Peter, son of Samuel and Abigail Cobb, settled in Windham, 
about the year 1767. His wife's name, we do not know, but 
their children were: 

1. Joseph. 

2. Peter. 
4. Lydia. 



GENEALOGY 345 

5. Chipman. 

6. Thomas. 

7. Elizabeth. 

Peter, son of Peter Cobb, married ^Margaret Crandall, daugh- 
ter of "Master Crandall," who came to this country from Ire- 
land, and was a noted schoolmaster. Peter Cobb settled in 
Westbrook and had nine children, as follows : 

1. Philip. 

2. Elizabeth. 

3. James. 

4. Joshua. 

5. Solomon. 

6. Peter. 

7. Asa. 

8. Kachel. 

9. Elijah. 

Asa, son of Peter and Margaret (Crandall) Cobb, married, 
Jan. 1, 1823, Nancy, daughter of Samuel and Mehitable (Win- 
ship) Dole of Windham. He was born about 179-i and died 
June 1, 1875, aged 81 years. She was born Mar. 10, 1796, and 
died ]\Iar. 19, 1865. They settled on a farm in Westbrook. 
They had eight children: 

1. Albion, born Dec. 24, 1824. 

2. Solomon, born July 26, 1826. 

3. Apphia D., born May 12, 1828, married Amos Davis of 
Stan dish. 

4. Amos, born Sept. 13, 1830, d. in infancy. 

5. Sarah E. D., born Aug. 2", 1833, married Spofford Ben- 
nett of Denmark, i\Ie. 

6. ]\Iary E., born I\Iay 7, 1835, died unmarried. 

7. Oliver A., born Mar. 22, 1837. 

8. Edgar A., born Sept. 1, 1846. 

Albion, son of Asa and Nancy (Dole) Cobb, was a physician. 
He graduated from the Medical School of I\Iaine in the class of 
1851. He married Louise A. Stockman, about 1852. Settled 
first at Bolster's Mills, in Harrison; afterwards removed to 
Webb's Mills, Casco. He enlisted Dec. 17, 1862, as Surgeon 
in the 4th Me. Regt. ; was severely wounded Nov. 6, 1863, at 



346 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Bustow's Station. He afterwards served in the regular army 
as Assistant Surgeon and, from 1864 to 1865, was stationed at 
Harward Hospital, Washington, D. C. At the end of his term 
of enlistment, he was honorably discharged and returned to 
Caseo. Shortly afterwards he moved to ^Mechanic Falls, where 
he died Oct. 28, 1888. His wife died at Webb's Mills, June 24, 
1903. They had children, as follows: 

1. Albion Edwin, born July 10, 1853. 

2. Carolus Melville, born Mar. 24, 1861. 

3. Ernest Osborne, born Oct. 11, 1863, died Mar. 24, 1897. 

4. Anson Augustus, born Jan. 31. 1868. 

These four sons, like their father, were all physicians. 

Solomon, son of Asa and Nancy (Dole) Cobb, was a farmer 
and settled in Westbrook; went from there to Denmark, ]\Ie. 
Enlisted Aug. 18, 1862, in Co. H., 17th Me. Regt. ; served until 
July 2, 1863, when he was wounded in action, by which he lost 
one hand. He went to the regimental hospital, where he re- 
mained until his recovery. He was honorably discharged and 
returned to his home in Maine. After a few years spent as a 
traveling salesman, he died of disease contracted in the army. 
We have not the date of his death, but his wife died May 24, 
1884. Her name was Abbie Bennett, of Denmark, Me. Their 
children were: 

1. Moses. 

2. Orrin E. 

3. An infant. 

4. Fred B. 

5. Mary E. 

6. Justus, resided in Saco, Me. 

Oliver A., son of Asa and Nancy (Dole) Cobb, married 
Annie IMaxfield of Stroudwater. He is a man of fine intellectual 
capacity, and has been connected with the schools of Westbrook 
as a teacher and officer for a long term of years. He now (1912) 
resides at Cumberland Mills. Children as follows: 

1, Charles M., born Oct. 29, 1866. 

2, Alice A., born July 6, 1868 ; married Jame Hawkes ; died 
Aug. 9, 1908. 

3, Grace E., born Nov. 7, 1870, married Lothrop Whelden. 



GENEALOGY 347 

4. Leroy 0., born Oct. 20, 1872, d. Feb. 1909. 

5. Henry, born Jan. 23, 1875. 

Edgar A., son of Asa and Nancy (Dole) Cobb, married Ella 
Plaskell. He is a farmer and lives on his father's farm in 
Westbrook. Had children as follows: 

1. Alfred E. 

2. Orrinda. 

3. John. 

4. Apphia. 

5. Clement. 

Apphia, daughter of Asa and Nancy (Dole) Cobb, married, 
Apr. 6, 1853, Amos Davis of Standish, Me. Settled, first in 
Westbrook; afterwards moved to Gorham, and owned a farm 
near "White Rock. He enlisted in the Union Army and served 
nine months; was honorably discharged; returned to Gorham, 
where he died. Children: 

1. Emma L., born June 5, 1854, married Davis Small. 

2. Lorenzo, born Apr. 16, 1856, married Delia Hamblen. 

3. Charles, born June 17, 1858, married Lizzie Gray. 

4. Albert, born July 11, 1860, married Emma Pride. 

5. Nathan, born Apr. 18, 1862, married Nellie Leighton. 

6. Parsons, born Oct. 6, 1864. 

7. Nancy E., born Apr. 21, 1867, married William Grant. 

8. Eliza C, born June 4, 1870, married Lawrence Walker. 

Sarah E. D., daughter of Asa and Nancy (Dole) Cobb, mar- 
ried Spofford Bennett of Denmark, Me. Both are now deceased. 
We have no connected record of their children, but, so far as we 
can learn, they were: 

1. Arthur W. 

2. Asa C. 

3. Edgar C, accidentally drowned. 

4. Walter, born Sept. 10, 1873 ; lives, it is said, in Denmark, 
Me. 

5. An infant, not named, 

Charles M., son of Oliver and Annie (Maxfield) Cobb, mar- 
ried Dec. 25, 1888, Jennie F., daughter of Otis and Vienna 
fAmes) Hayford of Albany, Me. Child: 

1. Guy Oliver, born Dec. 11, 1891. 



348 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Joshua, son of Peter and ]\Iargaret (Crandall) Cobb, married 
Eunice, daughter of James and Margaret (Estes) Hawkes of 
Windham, (intention entered on the Windham records Nov. 29, 
1822). He was a farmer and settled in Westbrook on the farm 
afterwards owned by his brother Asa, where he died. His 
children were: 

1. Rachel A., born 1826, married Ryerson Pride, and 

died 1865. 

2. jMargaret, born 1828 ; married James Field ; died June 
9, 1892, aged 61. 

Ephraim, son of Peter, first of the name to settle in Wind- 
ham, married Sarah Parke of Falmouth. He lived and died 
on the farm afterwards owned by his son, Elias, and later by 
his grandson, Charles Cobb. The date of his death, we do not 
laiow, but he is said to have been quite aged. Neither have we 
any perfect record of his children, but, so far as we can learn, 
they were as follows: 

1. Lydia, born July 6, 1780, married John Peaco July 6, 
1802. 

2. Peter, born 1782. 

3. William, born 1785. 

4. Tamson, married Benjamin Hawkes, Jr., Jan. 6, 1812. 

5. Ephraim. 

6. Samuel, born 1790. 

7. Elias, died young. 

8. Elias, born 1790. 

9. Dorcas, born 1799, married Ebenezer Hawkes, Jr., Sept. 
25, 1818. 

10. Timothy. 

William, son of Ephraim and Sarah (Parke) Cobb, married 

Relief, daughter of Jonathan and Hope ■ Cobb. Her 

father was a grandson of Deacon Samuel, the first. William 
Cobb settled in Westbrook on the road between the Duck Pond 
and Pride's Corner, and lived there the most of his life. We 
was a farmer and butcher and a man of considerable property. 
He removed to Windham Center and died there, Apr. 13, 1869, 
aged 84 years. His wife, Relief (or, as the inscription on her 
grave stone has it, "Lepha") died May 8, 1861, aged 71. They 
had several children, among them a daughter, Harriet, who died 



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GENEALOGY 349 

in Windham, Mar. 16, 1845, aged 20 years. Of the others, we 
know nothing. 

Peter, son of Ephraim and Sarah (Parke) Cobb, was married 
three times. His first wife was Sarah Hogdon ; his second, 
Elizabeth Bangs of Gorham, (intention entered on the Wind- 
ham records Dec. 28, 1825). His third wife was Sally Hussey 
of Buckfield, (intention entered Feb. 20, 1836). By his first 
wife he had three children, as f oIIoavs : 

1. Ephraim, born Feb. 26, 1808. 

2. Robert H., born 1813. 

3. Herman W., born 1824. 

By his second wife, he had a son, Daniel, born 1826 or 7. 
By his third wife he had no children. We have no record of 
his death, but it took place many years ago. 

Samuel, son of Ephraim and Sarah (Parke) Cobb, married 
Mary Leighton. He was by trade a basket maker ; lived all his 
days in Windham, and died there Aug. 28, 1871, aged 81 years. 
We have no record of his wife's death. Their children: 

1. Nancy, married Arthur Libby. 

2. Sarah, married Ephraim Cobb. 

3. Huldah, married James Elliott. 

4. John. 

5. Samuel, Jr. 

6. Esther, married, first, James Wescott, second 

Dyer, and died Aug. 9, 1868, aged 48 years. 

7. Dorcas, married Aaron Leighton. 

Elias, son of Ephraim and Sarah (Parke) Cobb, entered his 
intention of marriage with Susan Stevens, Oct. 23, 1825. She 
was the daughter of Jonathan and Martha (Millions) Stevens 
of Windham, and was born in 1806. She died Aug. 23, 1863, 
aged 57 years. Elias Cobb was a farmer and lived on the farm 
which he inherited from his father, Ephraim, and was a man 
highly esteemed by his townsmen and neighbors for his honesty 
and upright character. He died Aug. 27, 1890, at the ripe age 
of 94 years, 8 months. Had but one child : 

1. Charles, born Aug. 31, 1826. 

Ephraim, son of Ephraim and Sarah (Parke) Cobb, married 
Frink. He lived in Westbrook the greater part of his 



350 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

life, but afterwards came to Windham. We remember him as 
a big, burly man, of great physical strength, and a happy-go- 
lucky disposition, full of queer jokes and comical stories. He 
had a large family of boys and girls none of whom now reside 
here. He died in Windham several years ago. 

Timothy, son of Ephraim and Sarah (Parke) Cobb, entered 
his intention of marriage with Betsey Hawkes, Nov. 11, 1815, 
and they were then both ' ' of Windham ; ' ' but, after marriage, 
they always lived in Westbrook near the place known as the 
"Ledges" and died there many years ago. Had a large family 
of whom we know nothing. 

Ephraim, son of Peter and Sarah (Hogdon) Cobb, entered 
his intention of marriage with Sarah M. Cobb. She was his 
cousin, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Leighton) Cobb. He 
was a farmer and always lived near his wife's father. He died 
Dec. 11, 1875. She died June 1, 1900, aged 83 years. They 
had several children among whom we remember : 

1. Lucy Ellen, died Nov. 28, 1843, aged 14 months. 

2. Lovisa H., born 1847, died July 1. 1867. 

3. Minerva, married Jason Shaw. 

There may have been other children. 

Robert, son of Peter and Sarah (Hogdon) Cobb, entered his 
intention of marriage with Miss Comfort Hawkes, Nov. 6, 1835. 
She was the daughter of Isaiah and Rebecca (Cobb) Hawkes, 
and was born Sept. 14, 1816. Robert Cobb lived many years in 
Windham, but finally bought a farm in Gorham and moved 
there, and died Aug. 24, 1901. We have no record of his wife's 
death. They had three children, born in Windham : 

1. George. 

2. Amos. 

3. Isaiah. 

Heman W., son of Peter and Sarah (Hogdon) Cobb, married 
Bragdon. He was a farmer ; lived in Windham and had 



children, one of whom, Ellsworth, lives on his father's farm. 
A daughter, Ellen, married Stephen Webb. There were prob- 
ably other children. Heman Cobb died Mar. 29, 1900, aged 76. 

Daniel, son of Peter and Elizabeth (Bangs) Cobb, married 



GENEALOGY 351 

Matilda P., daughter of John and Mary (Tinney) Morrill. 
Lived in Windham. Was a Union soldier and a member of Co. 
D, 17th Me. Regt. He died Aug. 21, 1891, aged 66 years, 8 
months. His wife died Apr. 8, 1905, aged 71. They had sev- 
eral children, some of whom now live in Windham. 

John, son of Samuel and Mary (Leighton) Cobb, married 
Catharine Libby ; lived in Windham ; had one child : 

1. Uriah. 

John Cobb died, while a young man, and his widow married 
for a second husband John Johnstone, commonly known as John 
Leighton. She died several years ago. 

Samuel Cobb, Jr., son of Samuel and ^lary (Leighton) 
Cobb, married Lucinda Libby. He was a farmer ; lived in 
Windham. Had a family of which we have no record. He died 
Aug. 13, 1896, aged 6S years, 5 months. His wife died Apr. 3, 
1886, aged 61. 

Charles A., son of Elias and Susan (Stevens) Cobb, married 
Anistatia. daughter of Nathaniel and Lydia (Lord) Hale of 
Westbrook. He was a farmer and stone cutter. He inherited 
his father's farm, on which lie lived and died. Had several 
children, but we have not their record. ^Irs. Cobb died June 
28, 1904, and he died very suddenly, while at work on his family 
lot in the Chase Cemetery, June 23, 1904, aged 79 years, 10 
months. 

Benjamin Cobb, born Jan. 9, 1742, was a direct descendant 
of Dea. Samuel Cobb of Falmouth (now Portland) through his 

son, Chipman, who was born Mar. 5, 1708, married — 1731. 

Benjamin Cobb, married. Sept. 18, 1765, Mary Tobie. Had 
nine children : 

1. Lydia, born July 18, 1766. 

2. John, born Apr. 14. 1769. 

3. Benjamin, born Mar. 14, 1771. 

4. Hope, born Apr. 2, 1773. died young. 

5. Sarah, born July 1, 1775. 

6. Hope, born Nov. 25, 1777. 

7. Eunice, born Oct. 17, 1782. 

8. Stephen, born Sept. 7, 1785. 



352 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

John, son of Benjamin and Mary (Tobie) Cobb, married 
Miriam McKenney of Stroudwater. She was born Aug. 25, 
1769, and died in Bath, Me., Aug. 1, 1817. He died at the same 
place, Jan. 17, 1817. They had ten children, as follows: 

1. Mary, born in Windham, Apr. 25, 1793, died in West- 
field, Dec. 1, 1850. 

2. Hannah C, born in Windham, Feb. 25, 1795, died in 
W^ells, Feb. 18, 1825. 

3. Comfort, born in Danville, May 8, 1797, died in Bath, 
Aug. 18, 1844. 

4. Isaac, born in Danville, May 1, 1799. '" 

5. John, born in Gray, May 26, 1801. 

6. Andrew, born in Gray, Aug. 13, 1802, died in infancy. 

7. Andrew, born in Bowdoinham, Apr. 25, 1806, died in 
Bath, Sept. 23, 1827. 

8. Tabitha, born in Bowdoinham, June 17, 1808. 

9. William S., born in Bath, June 20, 1811, died in Gor- 
ham, July 13, 1895. 

10. Lydia M., born in Bath, July 25, 1815, and is now 
(1912) living and in good health. 

Nathaniel Cobb was a farmer and lived in Windham. We 
do not know his parentage. He married Betsey Barbour, prob- 
ably of Westbrook. He was born about 1782 and died here, 
Mar. 24, 1825, aged 48 years. His wife died Mar. 27, 1874, aged 
87. They had children: 

1. Ansel, born 1809, died Apr. 29, 1877, aged 68 

years. 

2. Sally, : married Edmund Lord. 

3. Louisa, born 1812; died Feb. 29, 1904, aged 92 

years, 11 months ; unmarried. 

4. Almira, born May 5, 1816, married Algernon L. Cole. 
He died Jan. 18. 1873. 

5. Isaac, married Charlotte Anthoine, died Dec. 26, 1876. 

6. Hannah, married Henry Kallock, died ]\Iar. 2, 1881. 

7. Nathaniel, born 1825, married Nancy Smith. He died 
May 16, 1901, aged 76 years. 

8. Caroline, born 1829, married, first, Dolley ; 

second, Edward J. Lowell. She died Aug. 15, 1896, aged 67 
years. 



GENEALOGY 353 

William S. Cobb, son of John and ^Miriam (McKemiey) 
Cobb, married, Nov. 15, 1832, Elvira, daughter of Hugh and 
Phebe (Hawkes) Crague. He was a farmer and stone cutter. 
He settled on a farm near his wife's father's house, where he 
lived for several years. He moved from there to a place near 
the Second Advent meeting-house, the same now owned by Rob- 
inson Pratt. His wife, Elvira, died Feb. 12, 1867, and he mar- 
ried Mrs. Rosilla Dole, widow of Richard Dole, Jr. Her maiden 
name was Chute, and she was of Casco. By his first wife Mr. 
Cobb had four children as follows : 

1. Lucy M., born Mar. 19, 1833, died Sept. 20, 1860. 

2. John A., born May 10, 1835. 

3. Frank E., born Aug. 9, 1838. 

4. Hugh, born May 13, 1842. 

Mr. William S. Cobb died July 13, 1895. His second wife, 
Rosilla Cobb, died Jan. 12, 1901, aged 71 years. 

John A., son of William S. and Elvira (Crague) Cobb, mar- 
ried Melissa J., daughter of Thomas and Susan (Bodge) Smith. 
He is a fine mechanic. He has been a school teacher and has 
served on the Superintending School Committee of Windham. 
He now lives in Windham. Had three children : 

1. Annie L., born 1861, died Dec. 19, 1877. 

2. Died in infancy. 

3. Zelia, married Hiram C. Hawkes; 

has several children. 

Prank E., son of William S. and Elvira (Crague) Cobb, 
married, first, JMartha Frank; second, Lelia Parkhurst. He is 
a farmer and lives on the farm formerly owned by his grand- 
father, Hugh Crague. Has no children. 

Hugh, son of William S. and Elvira (Crague) Cobb, married 
]\Iinnie Thurlow. He was for some years in the meat and pro- 
vision business in Portland. Has no children. 

Thomas Cobb and his wife, Mehitable, had three children 
born in Windham. We know nothing of his ancestry. His 
children, as they appear on the Windham records, were : 

1. Rebecca, born Dec. 14, 1794. 

2. Jeremiah, born July 27, 1800. 

3. Reuben, born July 21, 1802. 

Thomas Cobb died Fek 22, 1818. His wife died Feb. 5, 1821. 



354 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

COBBEY 

The first of this name to settle in Windham was John Cobbey. 
Where he came from, we have never been able to ascertain. 
The family records state that his mother, Eleanor Stuart 
IVIitchell, was born in Ireland, in 1709, and came to this country 
with her parents, when about eight years of age. She died in 
Windham, Mar. 31 . 1810, aged 101 years, being the oldest person 
whose death is recorded in the town. The record further states 
that John Cobbey was born in 174:9 and died July 3, 1821. The 
date on his gravestone is July 14th of that year. His wife was 
Abigail Witham. She was born Mar. 28, 1749, and died Feb. 
1, 1812. Children: 

1. Samuel, born June 23, 1773. 

2. Eleanor, born Mar. 23, 1775. 

3. John, Jr., born July 10, 1776. 

4. Jane, born Apr. 15, 1778 ; married Benjamin Larrabee ; 
settled on Deer Hill, Westbrook. 

5. Eunice, born Oct. 28, 1779, died 1859. 

6. Joseph, born Jan. 31, 1782. 

7. Lucy, born Sept. 29, 1784, married Jonathan Loveitt, 
Jr., of Windham. 

8. Abigail, born Oct. 25, 1786, married David Elder of 
Gorham. 

9. William, born Sept. 25, 1789. 

10. Thomas, born Aug. 2, 1792 ; went to Illinois, and there 
married Priscilla Mahon ; died there in 1860. 

11. Mary, born July 26, 1796; married Eli Webb of Gor- 
ham ; lived near Gambo. 

William, son of John and Abigail Cobbey, moved to Texas, 
when a young man. and died there, but no date of his death can 
now be found. The family tradition is that he amassed quite 
a fortune during his lifetime, all of which fell to the Koman 
Catholic Church. 

Joseph Cobbey, son of John and Abigail Cobbey, married, 
Oct. 11, 1807, Rebecca, daughter of Joseph and Abigail (Graf- 
fam) Chesley. She was born July 19, 1783, and died Aug. 30, 
1863. They settled on the farm on the River Road near the 
Westbrook line, the farm being same now owned by Daniel 



GENEALOGY 355 

Shaw. Joseph Cobbey died Apr. 21, ]837, aged 55 years. 
Children : 

1. Eleanor, died unmarried. 

2. Frances, born 1817, died Sept. 3. 1849; unmar- 
ried. 

3. Thomas. 

The name is now extinct in Windham. 

COOK 

Daniel Cook, ancestor of all bearing the name in this vicinity, 
was born Feb. 22, 1732, probably in Dover, N. H. He went 
from there to Vassalborough, and from there to Windham. He 
was a Quaker. He married Annie Varney, who was born some- 
time in 17-40. He purchased the farm now (1905) owned by the 
Town of Windham as a home for the poor. No date of their 
marriage is known to exist, but their ten children were all born 
in Windham. Mrs. Annie (Varney) Cook died in 1782; and, 
in 1785, he married Mary (Westcott) Maxficld, who died Nov. 
8, 1828, at the great age of 90 years. Daniel Cook died in 1800, 
and his remains are interred in the old Quaker burial ground, 
near where he settled. By his first wife, he had ten children: 

1. Ephraim, born in 1760. 

2. Mary, )born Oct. 29, 1762. 

3. Elijah,^ born Oct. 29, 1762. 

4. John, born May 25, 1765. 

5. Nathan, born Sept. 15, 1766. 

6. Daniel, born Mar. 30, 1770. 

7. Annie, born 1771. 

8. Hezekiah, born 1773. 

9. Sarah, born 1775. 

10. Abel, born 1777. 

Child by second wife : 

1. Richard, born Aug. 11. 1786. 

Ephraim, son of Daniel and Annie (Varney) Cook, married 
Mary Goold. She was born in 1774 and died Nov. 15, 1868. 
He was a farmer and settled in Raymond, (now Casco) and died 
there July 21, 1853. Had seven children: 

1. Robinson, born Mar. 16, 1802. 

2. Martha, born Nov. 27, 1803. 



356 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

3. Elizabeth, bom Dec. 1, 1804. 

4. Sarah, born June 15, 1809, m. Nathan ]\Iaxfield. 

5. Levi, born Feb. 6, 1813. 

6. Obadiah, born Jan. 12, 1815. 

7. Stephen, born Apr. 13, 1817. 

Mary, daughter of Daniel and Annie (Varney) Cook, mar- 
ried, Aug. 26, 1798, Obadiah Goold. He was born Apr. 21, 
1777, and died July 11, 1860. She was born Oct. 29, 1762, and 
died Mar. 21, 1835. She was about 15 years older than her 
husband. He was a Quaker minister in his early years. They 
had two children : 

1. Anna, born June 12, 1799. 

2. Isaiah, born Oct. 25, 1801. 

Elijah, son of Daniel and Annie (Varney) Cook, married, 
first, Hannah West ; second, Mollie Thompson. By his first wife 
he had four children, as follows : 

1. Joseph, born Feb. 13, 1802. 

2. Mary, born Feb. 13, 1802. 

3. Thomas, born July 25, 1805. 

4. Winslow, born July 9, 1808. 

By his second wife he had seven children : 

1. Eunice, born Jan. 22, 1813. 

2. Lovina, born Oct. 22, 1814, m. Valentine M. Estes, 1851. 

3. Noah, born Aug. 31, 1816. 

4. Elijah, born July 22, 1818. 

5. Sylvanus, born Aug. 21, 1820. 

6. Louisa, born Oct. 18, 1822. 

7. Adeline, born Mar. 13, 1825. 

Elijah Cook settled in Casco, where he died Dec. 25, 1846. 
His wife, Mollie, died Feb. 8, 1849. They were Quakers. 

John, son of Daniel and Annie (Varney) Cook, married, 
Oct. 30, 1793, Sarah, daughter of Elijah and Phebe Pope of 
Falmouth. She was born Aug. 25, 1770, and died Nov. 24, 1835. 
He died May 15, 1834. They lived in Vassalborough, Me., and 
died there. 

Nathan, son of Daniel and Annie (Varney) Cook, married 
Polly, daughter of William and Mary (Wescott) Maxfield. She 



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was born June 8, 1771. No record of any children. Settled in 
Casco, where he died Feb. 28, 1846. 

Daniel, Jr., son of Daniel and Annie (Varney) Cook, mar- 
ried, May 29, 1800, Jane Whitney. She was born the 27th of 
Mar., 1782. Was a farmer ; settled in Casco. He died Oct. 11, 
1858. She died July 29, 1871. They had children, as follows: 

1. Huldah, born Apr. 6, 1804, m, Lemuel Jones. 

2. Maria, born Mar. 26, 1806, m. Oliver Pope. 

3. Emma, born Mar. 23, 1808, m. Wm. Hall. 

4. Sarah, born Mar. 20, 1810, m. Isaiah Pope. 

5. Salome, born June 13, 1813, m. Clark N. Maxfield. 

6. Valentine, born Feb. 25, 1816. 

7. Mary Jane, born Mar. 23, 1819, m. Jos. Douglass. 

Annie, daughter of Daniel and Annie (Varney) Cook, mar- 
ried Jacob Barton, sometime in 1799 ; lived in Casco. 

Hezekiah, son of Daniel and Annie (Varney) Cook, married, 
about 1794, Sally Whitney; lived in Casco, where he died in 
1863 ; and she died in 1858. 

Sarah, daughter of Daniel and Annie (Varney) Cook, mar- 
ried John Gammon. He was born July 11, 1771, died June 
11, 1855. She died Aug. 27, 1849. 

Abel, son of Daniel and Annie (Varney) Cook, married Nov, 
7, 1802, Olive Plummer of Scarborough, j\Ie. Settled, first in 
Madrid, Me., (then called No. 1 Plantation) ; afterwards they 
removed to Bloomington, 111.; he died in 1844; she, in 1843. 
Of their children, if any, we are not informed. 

Joseph, son of Elijah and Hannah (West) Cook, married, 
Nov. 30, 1826, Eunice, daughter of Daniel and Susannah Grant 
of Limington, Me. He was a farmer and lived many years on 
the place now owned by Dana A. Lowell, at Popeville. His 
wife, Eunice, died Apr. 29, 1864, aged 74. He went to Casco, 
married a Mrs. Spiller, and died there Apr. 5, 1890, aged 88 ; 
no children. 

Thomas, son of Elijah and Hannah (West) Cook, married, 
May 2, 1827, Mary, daughter of Ebenezer and Betsey Morton 
of Jackson. She was born June 15, 1800, at Limington. He 
died Feb. 20, 1849. Their children were : 

1. William Henry, born Apr. 19, 1828. 



358 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

2. Mary Boody, born May 22, 1830. 

3. Joshua C, born Nov. 1, 1832. 

4. Edward C, born Feb. 7, 1835. 

5. Phebe E., born June 12. 1837. 

6. Joseph, born May 8, 1839. 

7. Charles 0., born Jan. 3, 1844. 

8. Oliver, born May 23, 1846. 

Mrs. Mary (Morton) Cook married for her second husband, 
Apr. 26, 1850, Robert, son of John and Sarah Cook; lived in 
Casco. 

Eunice, daughter of Elijah and Mollie (Thompson) Cook, 
married, Mar. 4, 1846, Daniel, son of Jonathan and Mary Libby 
of Standish. He died June 15. 1854. He was a farmer and 
lived for sometime in Gorham, Me. They had children : 

1. James A., born Feb. 4, 1847. 

2. Lovina A., born Apr. 2, 1851. 

Mrs. Eunice (Cook) Libby married for a second husband 
Levi Varney. 

Elijah, son of Elijah and Mollie (Thompson) Cook, married, 
June, 1842, Martha Manson. Had two children: 

1. James M., born Jan. 26, 1843. He was a member of Co. 
H, 32d Me. Regt., in the Civil War, and died Feb. 24, 1866, of 
disease contracted in the service. 

2. Martha L., born Sept. 12, 1844, died Sept. 17, 1891. 

Elijah Cook married for his second wife Abigail Jones. 
Their children are as follows: 

1. George H., born Feb. 18, 1854, d. Jan. 31, 1869. 

2. Edward, born Jan. 28, 1856, d. June 9, 1856. 

3. Albert L., born Apr. 15, 1857, d. June 10, 1859. 

4. Ellen M., born May 17, 1860, m. Chas. A.. Nichols. 

5. Albert E., born Oct. 1. 1862. 

6. Franklin J., born June 1, 1865. 

Sylvanus, son of Elijah and Mollie (Thompson) Cook, 
married Eliza, daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Blake) Sturgis 
of Gorham. He was a shoemaker and lived at Great Falls, 
Gorham; also lived many years at Windham Center. He had 
one child, whose name was Maria. She married W. Scott 



GENExVLOGY 359 

Parker, and died at Great Falls, Dec. 16, 1882. Mr. Sylvanus 
Cook died Mar. 15, 1889. We have no record of his wife's death. 

Louisa, daughter of Elijah and Mollie (Thompson) Cook, 
married James Sturgis. He was the son of Joseph and Hannah 
(Blake) Sturgis of Gorham. He was a shoemaker and farmer; 
lived at Windham Center. They had one child, Mary E., who 
married George B. Hanson. 

Valentine, only son of Daniel, Jr., and Jane (Whitney) 
Cook, married, Oct., 1845, Catherine, daughter of Allen and 
Lydia (Winslow) Hamblen of Windham. He was a farmer. 
He settled first in Casco ; afterwards came to Windham and 
built the house near Gambo, where J. J. Grant now lives, and 
died there July 11, 1863. Had two children: 

1. Charles H., born Feb. 21, 1847. 

2. A son. born Aug. 21, 1848, died Aug. 30th, same year. 

Mrs. Catharine Cook had for her second husband, Samuel 
Bragdon of AVindham ; for her third, Josiah Prescott. She died 
at Little Falls, Feb. 9, 1893. 

Charles H., son of Valentine and Catharine Cook, married, 
Jan. 23, 1869, Ellen Wilson. She died Oct. 26, 1900. Children: 

1. Henry W., born May 7, 1869. 

2. Catharine M., born Apr. 4, 1872, married Dr. Leroy 0. 
Cobb of Westbrook. 

3. Alice M., born Aug. 23, 1877, married Albert Morris. 

4. Louisa Albina, born Oct. 29, 1880. 

5. Charles V., born May 26, 1883, married Lelia Bryant, 
Oct. 29, 1904. 

6. Lessie B., born May 4, 1889, died Aug. 24, 1889. 

Mr. Cook married a second time, but we do not know his 
wife's name. 

Franklin, son of Elijah and Abigail Cook, married June 30, 
1899, Leora M. Frink. Have children, as follows : 

1. Avis. 

2. Orra, born Oct. 30, 1893. 

3. Lewis F. 

Albert E., son of Elijah and Abigail Cook, married Callie 
Staniels. She died, leaving a son named George. Mr, Cook 



360 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

now lives on the old homestead, where he and his second wife 
care for his parents in their old age. 

Richard, son of Daniel Cook, senior, and Mary (Wescott) 
Cook, married. Apr. 30, 1811, Mary, daughter of William and 
Rebecca (Bodge) Mayberry; settled in that part of Casco known 
as "Shadigee;" and died there. 

CRAGUE 

The ancestor of this family in Windham, was Hugh Crague. 
(For an account of this man, see Chapter II.) He married 
Elizabeth Warren of Falmouth, Nov. 11, 1749, and they had 
eight children, all born in Windham: 

1. Betty, born Dec. 26, 1750. 

2. Mary, born Aug. 23, 1753. 

3. Thomas, born Jan. 17, 1756. 

4. Rebecca, born May 14, 1758. 

5. John, born Jan. 29, 1764. 

6. Jane, born July 10, 1766. 

7. Hugh, Jr., born Oct. 24, 1768. 

8. Martha, born Oct. 25, 1772. 

Hugh Crague died Nov. 19, 1777, aged 54. His wife, Eliza- 
beth (Warren), died in 1810, aged 83. 

Thomas, son of Hugh and Elizabeth Crague, married, Nov. 
29, 1780, Prudence, daughter of William and Mary (Akers) 
Elder. She was born ]\Iay 21, 1759 and died Jan. 15, 1841. He 
died Sept. 28, 1807. He was a farmer and settled on the River 
Road near Little Falls Village. They had eleven children: 

1. William, born Sept. 8, 1781, died May 13, 1824. 

2. Hugh, born Jan. 17, 1783. 

3. Elizabeth, born Jan. 17, 1783; died Oct. 19, 1858; un- 
married. 

4. Thomas, born July 27, 1785, died Aug. 5, 1785. 

5. Mary, born Sept. 11, 1786, died July 2, 1817. 

6. Prudence, born Dec. 25, 1788, died Sept. 21, 1790. 

7. Thomas, born Jan. 8, 1791, died Apr. 18, 1855. 

8. Prudence, born Dec. 24, 1792, died Nov. 20, 1866, un- 
married. 

9. James, died Dec. 8, 1872 ; unmarried ; blind for many 
years. 



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10. Rebecca, born Mar. 10, 1797; died Sept. 9, 1874; un- 
married. 

11. Martha, born July 20, 1799, died Oct. 9, 1870; un- 
married. 

Hugh, son of Hugh and Elizabeth Crague, married, Feb. 9, 
1797, Phebe Hawkes. He was a farmer and lived on the farm 
now owned by his grandson, Frank Cobb. He died May 3, 1843. 
His wife died Sept. 10, 1857. Children : 

1. Amos, born Dec. 19, 1797, died Dec. 9, 1801. 

2. Benjamin, born Feb. 20, 1802 ; died Apr. 18, 1875 ; un- 
married. 

3. Elvia, born Oct., 1804, married Nov. 15, 1832, William 
S. Cobb of Westbrook. 

4. Lovisa, born Oct., 1807, married Ebenezer Frank of 
Windham, (intention entered Sept. 6, 1833.) 

5. Thomas, born 1811; died Jan. 11, 1875; unmar- 
ried. 

John, son of Hugh and Elizabeth Crague, married, Aug., 
1790, Alice Wilson. Had the following children: 

1. John. 

2. Betsey, second wife of Josiah Little. 

3. Sally, married Reuben Elder, (intention entered Apr. 

24, 1819). 

4. Hannah, married Daniel Mayberry, (intention entered 
Apr. 3, 1824). 

5. Josiah, married Hannah Neal, (intention entered Aug. 
31, 1816). He settled, first on the River Road, where John F. 
Webb formerly lived, but sold his farm, about 1844, and went 
to some part of Oxford Co., where he and his wife both died. 
It is said that they had children. 

6. Ezekiel, married Hannah Stone, (intention entered Aug. 

25, 1817). He was a shoemaker; lived at Westbrook. 

7. Ann, died Jan. 23, 1834, aged 33 years. 

Betty, daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth Crague, married, 
Jan. 22, 1770, James Hawkes. 

Mary, daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth Crague, married, 
Nov. 5, 1772, William Elkins. 



362 WINDHAM IX THE PAST 

Jane, daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth Crague, died unmar- 
ried, when about 16 years of age. 

Martha, daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth Crague, married 
Ezekiel Leighton of Falmouth, Apr. 2, 1795; settled in that town 
and died there. 

Thomas, son of Tliomas and Prudence Crague, married Mary 
Millions, (intention entered on the Windham records Dec. 6, 
1828). He was a farmer and lived in the south part of the 
town, on the River Eoad, near the Westbrook line. He died 
Apr. 18, 1855. Had one child: 

1. Elizabeth, born about 1830. After his death, his widow 
and daughter went to Westbrook, and both died there several 
years ago. 

Hugh, 3d, son of Thomas and Prudence Crague, married 
Mary Knight of Falmouth, (intention entered ^lar. 16, 1811). 
He was a farmer and lived near Little Falls on the farm after- 
wards owned by Edwin A. Bodge. He died Feb. 15, 1812. His 
widow afterwards married David Hawkes. Hugh Crague and 
his wife, ]\Iary. had one child: Peter, born 1811. 

John, son of John and Alice (Wilson) Crague, entered his 
intention of marriage with Mary Lombard of Gorham, June 21, 
1817. It is said that they had children, but we are unable to 
learn anything furtlier about this family, 

Peter, son of Hugh, 3d, and ]\Iary (Knight) Crague, married, 
Feb. 21, 1841, Jane B., daughter of Isaac and Mary (Jackson) 
Elder of Windham. He was a farmer and lived near Little 
Falls on the place where his daughter, Mrs. French, now lives. 
He died Apr. 23, 1873. His wife died Aug. 23, 1900. Had two 
children : 

1. Stillman A., born Oct. 17, 1842. 

2. Mary E., born June 6, 1845. 

Stillman A., son of Peter and Jane B. Crague, married, Dec. 
25, 1863, Margaret A., daughter of Aaron and Fidelia (King) 
Hawkes of Windham. She was born July 17, 1839, and died 
June 13, 1901. He died July 7, 1908. Had six children : 

1. Elmer F., born Nov. 6, 1864, married Lizzie Woodman. 

2. Orville L. F., born Feb. 18, 1866, married Kate Wiswell. 



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3. Flora M., born Oct. 20, 1867, married George Newcomb. 

4. Clara J., born May 1, 1870, married Samuel Skillin. 

5. Annie, born July 11, 1874, married Alphonso Small. 

6. Clifford H., born July 24, 1877, married Jessie Nash. 

Mary E., daughter of Peter and Jane B. Crague, married 
George W. French. They live on her father's place. Have one 
child : 

1. Howard P., married, Feb. 27, 1895, Florence Watkins of 
Casco. They have five children, as follows: 

1. Daisy. 

2. Edna. 

3. Gladys. 

4. Marion. 

5. Bertrand. 

DOLE 

The ancestor of this family in Windham was Richard Dole. 
He was the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Knight) Dole, and 
the great-grandson of the ' ' Emigrant Richard, ' ' who came from 
Bristol, Eng., in 1639, and settled in Newbury, Mass. 

Richard was born in Newbury, Feb. 3, 1736. He married 
Martha Merrill of that town, in 1757. He learned the trade of 
cabinet-maker, but sometimes called himself "a jojaier and 
chairmaker. " He came to Falmouth (now Portland), Mar. 29, 
1760, where he purchased a lot of land and built a house. There 
he remained until 1769, at whicli time he purchased a farm in 
Windham and moved there. He was town clerk of Windham 
for twenty years, and a deacon of the first church nearly as long. 
When the Revolutionary War came on, he enlisted for three 
years, as a private, in Capt. Benjamin Walcott's Co., Col. 
Thomas jNIarshall's Tenth Mass. Regt., and actually served two 
years, eleven months, and twenty-nine days. He w^as one of 
that brave band who suffered so terribly in the huts of Valley 
Forge, during the winter of 1777-8, and was then reported "on 
duty. ' ' He was in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown, 
and witnessed the surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga. He 
fought on that sultry day, June 28, 1778, at ^Monmouth, and was 
at West Point Apr. 6, 1779. He was honorably discharged in 



364 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

1779 (probably at West Point), after which he returned to 
Windham. 

His wife died July 20, 1801, and her age was 61 years. On 
May 17, 1804, he contracted a second marriage with ]\Irs. Judith 
Holmes of Hebron, Me., and removed to that town, where he died 
in 1825, nearly 90 years of age. His remains were interred in 
Hebron. He and his wife, Martha (Merrill), had six children, 
as follows: 

1. Ruth, born 1759, in Newbuiy; the family tradi- 
tion is, that she married a Mr. Butler; lived and died in New- 
bury. 

2. Betty, born 1761, in Newbury ; married, Sept. 

14, 1786, John Winship. The date of her death is unknown. 
Had four children. 

3. Samuel, born Aug. 12, 1765, in Portland, Me. 

4. Abigail ^lerrill, born Oct. 3, 1770, in Windham ; married, 
in 1788, William Spurr, of Otisfield. Their intention of mar- 
riage was entered on the Windham records, Dec. 20th of that 
year. Settled in Otisfield, and died there, Oct. 12, 1844. Had 
12 children. 

5. Polly, born Feb. 22, 1773, in Windham; married, Jan. 1, 
1795, Job Winslow of Falmouth; settled in Windham and died 
there, June 8, 1797. 

6. Martha, born May 20, 1775, in Windham; married, Oct. 
7, 1798, Henry Knight of Otisfield ; settled in that town and died 
there; the date of her death is unknown. Had three children. 

Samuel, only son of Richard and Martha (Merrill) Dole, 
born Aug. 12, 1765, married, Nov. 7, 1787, Mehitable, daughter 
of Gershom and Nancy (Mayberry) Winship. She was born 
Mar. 26, 1766. He was by trade a joiner, but purchased Home 
Lot No. 2 and one-half of Lot No. 3, in the first division of lots 
in Windham. There he built the house, still standing, near the 
brook originally named "Galley Wright's," but Avhich has been 
called "Dole's" for many years. Here he spent his long life 
of seventy-nine years. He died Oct. 18, 1844. His wife died 
July 11, 1843. They had eleven children, all born in Windham, 
as follows: 

1. Richard, born July 6, 1788. He did not marry; was a 



GENEALOGY 365 

soldier in the War of 1812, and a pensioner; died in the town 
of Phillips, Me., May 27, 1875 ; is buried in that town. 

2. Catharine, born Feb. 12, 1790, died Feb. 20, 1790. 

3. Sally, born May 14, 1791, died June 28, 1801. 

4. Apphia, born Aug. 24, 1793 ; died June 2, 1815 ; un- 
married. 

5. Nancy, born Mar, 10, 1796 ; married, Jan. 1, 1824, Asa 
Cobb of Westbrook; settled in that town, where she died Mar. 
19, 1865. He died June 1, 1875, aged 81 years. They had eight 
children. 

6. Oliver, born Oct. 24, 1798; married, Nov. 18, 1827, 
Elizabeth, daughter of James 0. and Bathsheba Mayberry of 
Windham. He was a famous school teacher, and taught in 
Windham and Gorham with marked success. Afterwards he 
became a merchant in Otisfield, where he remained for several 
years ; but, his health failing, he returned to Windham, and died 
Mar. 1, 1838. His wife died Aug. 24, 1833. Had one child that 
died in infancy. 

7. Enoch, born Oct. 20, 1801, died Oct. 28, 1801. 

8. Polly, born Sept. 23, 1803, died Oct. 2, 1807. 

9. Matty, born July 10, 1805, died Sept. 29, 1807. 

10. Daniel W., born Nov. 29, 1807. 

11. Sally F., born June 21, 1812, married her cousin, Rich- 
ard Winship, of Phillips, Me. They lived several years in that 
town ; then removed to Gorham, where Mr. Winship died Sept. 
27, 1879. She died in Westbrook, Aug. 4, 1894. She was a well- 
known school teacher in Windham, Gorham, and other towns in 
Cumberland County. She and her husband are buried at White 
Rock, Gorham. Had no children. 

Daniel W., son of Samuel and IMehitable (Winship) Dole, 
was twice married. His first wife was Eliza A., daughter of 
Thomas and Betsey (Mayberry) Bodge, to whom he was married 
Sept. 16, 1830. She died Mar. 19, 1832 ; and, on Dec. 31, 1835, 
he was united in marriage with Mary W., daughter of Daniel 
and Susan (Dow) Hasty of Standish, Me. She was born Sept. 
19, 1815, and died May 14, 1872. He was a man of scholarly 
instincts, a ready debater, and an easy speaker. He had a 
decided love for books and possessed a large fund of general 
information. He was noted as a successful school teacher in 



366 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

his young manhood, being very popular with all classes of pupils. 
He was also deeply interested in the welfare of the old State 
Militia, in which he rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He 
served several terms as a justice of the peace and always per- 
formed the functions of that office with a great deal of dignity. 
For several years he was a grocer and general trader at Casco 
Village ; but finally settled on the paternal acres, in Windham, 
where he resided until the death of his wife Mary. He then 
went to reside with his sister in Phillips, Me., and died there, 
July -1, 1876. His remains were brought to his native towai and 
interred among his kindred in the old Smith Cemetery. Chil- 
dren by first w^ife: 

1. Samuel T., born Jan. 17, 1831. 

2. Richard, born Mar. 18, 1832. 
Children by second wife : 

3. Oliver, born Oct. 19, 1837. 

4. Eliza, born Nov. 20, 1839 ; unmarried. 

5. Daniel H., born June 12, 1843. 

6. Florence A., born June 5, 1846 ; married, Feb. 27, 1867, 
Leander, son of Josiah and Martha (Hasty) Moulton of Stan- 
dish. Had one child, Maude iMaria, born Apr. 12, 1872, died 
Mar. 17, 1889. 

7. Susan M., born May 20, 1854; married, Dec. 26, 1875, 
Enoch, son of Jefferson and Lucretia (Swett) Mabry, of Gor- 
ham. She died Dec. 26, 1882. Had three children : 

1. Georgia Lillian, born Apr. 24, 1877. 

2. Harlan Jefferson, born Jan. 17, 1880, died Nov. 23, 1882. 

3. Bertrand Dunn, born June 14, 1882, died Jan. 19, 1904. 

These are all buried in the cemetery near the village of Great 
Falls. 

Samuel T., son of Daniel AV. and Eliza A. (Bodge) Dole, 
married, May 1, 1853, Phebe C, daughter of Joseph C. and Mary 
(Purinton) Larry. She was born in Gorham, Nov. 28, 1835. 
She was possessed of fine literary abilities and was well known 
throughout New England as a magazine writer, poet, artist, and 
editor. She died in Windham, Apr. 26, 1909. He died at the 
home of his grandson in Melrose, Mass., Apr. 1, 1912. Had two 
children : 

1. William B., born Apr. 23, 1854. 



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2. George H., born May 1, 1856, died Sept. 2, 1864. 

Richard, son of Daniel W. and Eliza A. (Bodge) Dole, mar- 
ried, Nov. , 1853, Rosilla, daughter of Daniel and Bath- 

sheba (Mayberry) Chute. He was killed, while at work as a 
brakeman, on the Boston and Worcester Railroad, Aug. 9. 1864. 
Had three children: 

1. Jennie, born Aug. 1856, died Oct. 11, 1863. 

2. Frederick, born March 18, 1858, died March 28, 1858. 

3. Sarah, born Aug. 25, 1860 ; married, Nov. 27, 1880, Fred 
H. Freeman, son of Stephen and Caroline (Walker) Freeman. 
He is a merchant at So. Windham. Children : 

1. Bertha R.. born June 30, 1886. 

2. Harlan D.. born Nov. 4, 1890. 

William B., son of Samuel T. and Phebe C. (Larry) Dole, 
married, ]\lay 15, 1874, ^lary Elizabeth, daughter of Solomon 
and Eleanor (Gerry) Brown of Gorham, Me. He died Jan. 4, 
1887. Had one child: 

1. Frederick Howard, born July 15. 1875. 

Oliver, son of Daniel W. and ]\Iary W. (Hasty) Dole, mar- 
ried, Apr. 19, 1865, Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob and Susan 
(Kimball) Chaplin of Naples, ^le. She died Feb. 16, 1900, aged 
59 years, 8 months, 2 days. He was a school teacher, a farmer, 
and, for several years, a trader and postmaster at Great Falls, 
Gorham, Me. He is still living at Sebago Lake. Had four 
children : 

1. Lucinda H., born June 28. 1866; married. Dec. 19, 1886, 
Henry J. Hanscomb ; lives at Cumberland Mills. Has no chil- 
dren. 

2. George H., born Sept. 25, 1869. 

3. ]Mary L., born Nov. 5, 1871, married, May 3, 1898, Calvin 
C. AVescott. He was killed, while at work on JNIaine Central 
R. R. near Smith's Mills. Standish. Had four children: 

1. Edward Dole, b. Sept. 16, 1898. 

2. Guy Sterling, b. Dec. 20, 1899. 

3. Rupert Jordan, b. June 22, 1901. 

4. Calvin C. b. Mar. 17. 1904, d. July 16, 1904. 

4. Edward A., born Aug. 7, 1873 ; accidentally killed, "Slav. 



368 WINDHAM IN THE PxVST 

27, 1896, while at work on the Elaine Central R. R., near White 
Rock, Gorham, ]Me. ; unmarried. 

Daniel H., son of Daniel W. and Mary W. (Hasty) Dole, 
married, Dee. 26, ISl-k, Margaret, daughter of William and 
Sally Bryant of Raymond, Me. He is a graduate of the ^Medical 
School of Maine, class of 1871. He practised his profession at 
Cape Elizabeth for some time, but is a teacher from preference ; 
has been principal of the Jackson Grammar School, Portland, 
Me., for many years. Had two children, both born in Portland: 

1. Florence Mary, born Jan. 14, 1876; is a teacher in the 
Portland schools; unmarried. 

2. Richard Bryant, born May 8, 1880. 

George H., son of Oliver and Elizabeth (Chaplin) Dole, 
married, Apr. 20, 1890, Elizabeth Sands Sawyer of Buxton, ^le. ; 
resides at Sebago Lake. Has one child : 

1. Alfred Leander, born Dec. 21, 1891. 

Richard, son of Daniel H. and ]\Iargaret (Bryant) Dole, 
married, June 20, 1906, Huldah, daughter of Capt. Charles E. 
Humphrys of Brunswick. He graduated from Bowdoin in the 
class of 1902 ; is now in the employ of the U. S. Government as 
a chemist ; no children. 

Frederick Howard, son of William B. and Mary E. (Brown) 
Dole, married, Aug. 30, 1904, Hattie Louisa, daughter of Levi 
H. and Nellie (Kellogg) Boardman of Sheffield, ]\Iass. He 
graduated from Bowdoin College in the class of 1897 ; was assist- 
ant in German at Bowdoin one year after graduation ; taught in 
the public schools of Windham and Gorham, being Superintend- 
ant of Schools in Windham in 1900. He was Principal of 
North Yarmouth Academy for eight years; is now a teacher in 
the Boston Latin School; resides in Medford, Mass. Has two 
children : 

1. William Levi, born Jan. 17, 1906. 

2. Harold Frederick, born Mar. 4, 1908. 

DOLLEY 

The first of the name in Windham, so far as we can learn, 
was Jeremiah Dolley. We do not know where he came from. 
The Quaker records tell us that he was born Apr. 14, 1777, and 



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died in Windham, June 3, 1863. His wife was Hannah Bailey, 
and they were married in 1803. She was born Jan. 28, 1782, 
and died Oct. 14, 1865. They had eleven children, born in 
Windham : 

1. Catharine, born Xov. 9, 1804. 

2. Joseph, born Mar. 20, 1806. 

3. Patience, born Oct. 25, 1807. 

4. Timothy, born Sept. 3, 1810. 

5. Mary H., born May 20, 1812, d. Mar. 9. 1897. She mar- 
ried Elbridge Sayward. 

6. Lydia, born May 1, 1814. 

7. Jeremiah, born ]\Iar. 4, 1816. 

8. Emma, born Oct. 2, 1818. 

9. Stephen, born June 9, 1820. 

10. John, born Apr. 10, 1822. 

11. Ebenezer, born ^lay 25, 1824. 

Joseph Dolley, son of Jeremiah and Hannah (Bailey) Dolley, 
married, Aug. 29, 1833, Esther, daughter of Lemuel and Deborah 
(Hawkes) Jones; settled on a farm in the easterly part of the 
town. He died June 5, 1889. His wife, Esther, born May 31, 
1806, died Feb. 1, 1871. They had seven children: 

1. Deborah J., born Dec. 16, 1835 ; died in Westbrook, Aug. 
11, 1899; unmarried. 

2. Maria, born June 23, 1837, married Samuel Shaw of 
Standish. 

3. Edward H., born Mar. 28, 1839. 

4. Nathan D., born Feb. 8, 1841, died Apr. 6, 1865. He 
was a member of Baker's D. C. Cavalry; was killed in action 
near Richmond, Va. 

5. Hannah, born Oct. 29, 1843, married J. Fickett. 

6. :\Iary Jane, born Nov. 5, 1847, m. Allen. 

7. Amelia, born Apr. 25, 1849, died 1867. 

Ebenezer, son of Jeremiah and Hannah Dolley, married, 
first, a Miss Small ; second, :\Irs. Ellen Dunlap. Had at least one 
daughter. Rose. 

Joseph Estes Dolley entered his intention of marriage with 
Esther, daughter of Gershom and Anne (Bunker) Manchester, 
Dec. 23, 1812. It is believed that he was not related to the 



370 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

above family of Dolleys. He settled in the north part of the 
town and died there. He had several children, among others 

a son, John (probably), who married, first, Huldah . 

Settled on a farm near Gambo. Had children : 

1. Mary J., born about 1830; married Charles F. Hooper; 
died in Portland, Oct. 7. 1910. Had children. 

2. Adeline, married ^lahlon Black. 

3. Lucius W., died Sept. 28, 1893. 

Mrs. Huldah Dolley died ^May 22, 1856, aged 38 years, and 
Mr. Dolley married for a second wife Mrs. Nancy B. Loveitt, 
former wife of Charles Loveitt, and daughter of Thomas and 
Mary (McKenney) Jackson. Had two children: 

1. Joseph E., died Aug. 29, 1863, aged 11 weeks. 

2. Emma, married Charles Thayer. He died Oct. 22, 1889, 
aged 26 years, 3 months, 26 days. She lives on her father 's place 
at Gambo. Has one son. Charles, who lives with her. 

DOUGLASS 

David Douglass was a native of Durham, ile., and was the 
son of Joseph and ^lary Douglass. He was born Aug. 18, 1779, 
and died in Windham, Apr. 12, 1845. On Aug. 24, 1805, he 
married Waite, daughter of Nathaniel and ^lercy Hawkes of 
Windham, and ever afterwards resided in this town. His wife, 
Waite, was born July 3, 1772, and died Apr. 10, 1845. They 
were Quakers ; lived on the farm afterward owned by their son- 
in-law. ]\lark Knight. Children : 

1. Mercy, born Jan. 26, 1808, m. Mark Knight. 

2. Mary, born Mar. 10, 1810. 

3. Nathan, born Jan., 1812. He Avas a noted Quaker min- 
ister. 

4. Eunice, born Oct. 26, 1813. 

5. Joseph, born Apr. 21, 1817. 

Joseph, son of David and AVaite (Hawkes) Douglass, mar- 
ried, Oct. 4, 1848, Mary Jane, daughter of Daniel, Jr., and Jane 
(Whitney) Cook of Casco. She was his second wife. He was 
a shoemaker and farmer ; lived for many years in Windham, 
where he owned the place near his old home, now the property 



GENEALOGY 371 

of Horatio T. ]\Iorrill. Afterwards he moved to Brunswick, 
where both he and his wife died. Children : 

1. Nathan, born Mar. 25, 1850. 

2. Sarah M., born Feb. 14, 1851, d. Mar. 20, 1851. 

3. Sarah M., born May 20, 1852, d. Nov. 3, 1862. 

4. Charles, born June 22, 1854, d. Nov. 8, 1862. 

5. Isaiah, born Aug. 24, 1856. 

6. Phebe, born Dec. 1, 1858. 

Edmond Douglass was born in Limington, in 1819, and was 
the son of Elisha and Betsey (Blake) Douglass of that town. 
He married Eunice Boody; came to Windham previous to 1851, 
and purchased the farm formerly owned by Thomas Crague, 
on the River Road near the Westbrook line. There he remained 
a few years ; then sold the place and purchased the farm on the 
Gray Road formerly owned by John ]\I. Webb. His wife, 
Eunice, died May 30, 1851, and he married for a second wife 
Eliza, daughter of Thomas and ]\Iary (Trott) Mayberry. Chil- 
dren by first wife : 

1. Edmond B., died June 8. 1901. 

2. Henry B. 

3. Luella, married Howard Ayer. 

By his second wife he had one child, 

4. Thomas INIilton, who lives on the place formerly oAvned 
by his grandfather. Thomas Mayberry, on the River Road, in the 
Mayberry Neighborhood. Edmond Douglass was not related to 
the other family of the same name in Windham. 

ELDER 

Samuel Elder's life is described in Chapter II. His children 
were as follows : 

1. ^Margaret, born in Ireland, married, first, in 1752, Samuel 
Watts; second, Nov. 9, 1759, James Gilkey of Gorham ; settled 
in Gorham. 

2. William, born in Ireland, married Mary Akers; settled 
in Windham, died there. 

3. Isaac, born in Falmouth, Jan. 19. 1839; married Mary 
Hunnewell, Oct. 16, 1761. 

4. Elizabeth, born in Falmouth 1741 ; married, July 



372 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

23, 1761, Simon Huston of Falmouth. About 1765, they moved 
to Gorham. 

5. Eunice, born 1745; m. Jan. 1, 1767, Gary 

McLellan of Gorham, ]\le. 

6. Samuel, Jr., born Aug. 29, 1748 ; married, first, ]Mar. 3, 
1774, Hannah Freeman ; second, Mary Graffam of Windham. 

7. Jane, married Eleazer Chase, then of Standish. Her 
name does not appear among the children of Samuel Elder, on 
the Windham records, but I am informed by members of the 
family in Gorham, that she was his daughter. 

Isaac, son of Samuel Elder, married Mary Hunnewell. She 
was the daughter of Zerubbabel and Hannah (Haskell) Hunne- 
well. The church records of Windham show that she was bap- 
tized by Rev. John Wight, first pastor of the Church in Wind- 
ham, Mar. 11, 1744. They lived in Windham till Mar. 8, 1781, 
when they moved to Gorham, Me., and lived many years on a 
farm on Queen Street, and died there. He died July 15, 1796, 
aged 57. She died Sept. 14, 1804, aged 60. They are buried in 
the old cemetery on South Street, Gorham Village. Their chil- 
dren were : 

1. Hannah, born Feb. 11, 1762, d. Oct. 10, 1781 or 1789. 

2. Mary, born Oct. 1, 1769; m.. Jan. 4, 1787, Daniel Gam- 
mon. 

3. Anna, born Sept. 17. 1765; m., Dec. 20, 1786, David 
McDougal. 

4. Matilda, born June 8, 1767 ; m., Dec. 8, 1785, William 
Hanson of Windham; died Sept. 15, 1818. 

5. Isaac, born May 8, 1769, died young. 

6. Samuel, born May 24, 1771, died young. 

7. Elijah, born June 25, 1772. 

8. INIargaret, born Dec. 22, 1774, m. Samuel Lummus. 

9. Isaac, born Feb. 9, 1777, died in 1848. 

10. Dorcas, born May 25. 1779, died young. 

11. William, born Aug. 1, 1781, died young. 

12. John, born Aug. 9, 1783 ; died July 18, 1816 ; unmarried. 

13. David, born Feb. 6, 1786, m.. Mar. 26, 1826, Abigail 
Cobby of Windham. He died Dec. 23, 1869. She died May 16, 
1852, aged 65. Had no children. 

William, eldest son of Samuel Elder, was born about 1726, 



GENEALOGY 373 

probably in Ireland. His wife was Mary Akers, but of her par- 
entage, I can learn nothing. He died Oct. 20, 1799, aged 74. 

She died Aug. 1788, aged 58. They are buried in the old 

Smith Cemetery in the south part of Windham. They had 
twelve children, as follows : 

1. John, born Aug. 20, 1752. 

2. William, born Feb. 19, 1754. 

3. Prudence, born June 30, 1756, d. July 9, 1756. 

4. Joseph, born July 26, 1757. 

5. Samuel, born July 26, 1757, d. Apr. 10, 1758. 

6. Prudence, born May 21, 1759. 

7. Samuel, born ]\Iar. 18, 1761, d. Mar. 30, 1761. 

8. Reuben, born June 22, 1762. 

9. Rebecca, born Aug. 27, 1764. 

10. Charles, born June 29, 1767. 

11. Silas, born Mar. 2, 1769. 

12. Isaac, born Dec. 9, 1770. 

Samuel, son of Samuel Elder, married. Mar. 3, 1774, Hannah, 
daughter of John and Bethiah Freeman. He was a farmer and 
carpenter. In 1773, he purchased a farm near Gorham Village, 
and lived and died there. This farm was afterwards owned by 
his son, Simon, and is now (1898) the property of his grandson, 
Randall J. Elder. His children by his first wife were : 

1. Eunice, b. Nov. 29, 1774 ; m. Nathl. Mosher, Jan. 20, 1815. 

2. Ruth, b. Jan. 7, 1776, d. Feb. 10, 1786. 

3. Hannah, b. Oct. 4, 1777; m., first, Joseph Brown, Oct. 
28, 1798 ; second, Elkanah Harding, Mar. 12, 1802. 

4. Betsey, b. Oct. 4, 1779; m. John W. Morris, Nov. 18, 
1798 ; moved to Limerick, Me. 

5. Samuel, b. Sept. 2, 1781 ; m., first, Nancy Mosher, Jan. 
1, 1805; second, Mrs. Rebecca (Brown) Waterhouse. 

Mrs. Hannah (Freeman) Elder died Apr. 22, 1786, and Mr. 
Elder married, Dec. 14, 1786, Mary, daughter of Capt. Caleb 
and Lois (Bennett) Graffam, of Windliam. Their children 
were : 

1. Peter, b. Oct. 5, 1787; d. Jan. 29, 1815; unmarried. 

2. Ruth, b. Mar. 24, 1789; m, Simon Huston, May 28, 1812. 

3. Simon, b. Dec. 4, 1791, m., first, Mary Hatch, Apr. 10, 
1819; second, Elizabeth Johnson. 



374 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

4. Lois, b, Jan. 13, 1797, died young. 

Samuel Elder died May 10, 1819. His wife died Aug. 27, 
1829. 

Eunice, daughter of Samuel Elder, married, Jan. 1, 1767, 
Gary, son of Hugh and Elizabeth ]\IcLellan of Gorham ; settled 
in that town. Had children, as follows : 

1. Mary, b. Aug. 2, 1767 ; m. John Clemons. Feb. 6, 1789 ; 
moved to Ohio. 

2. Eunice, b. Aug. 13, 1769, died young. 

3. Nancy, b. Mar. 17. 1772, died young. 

4. Nancy, b. Feb. 13, 1774, m. Samuel Staples, Apr. 28, 
1794. 

5. Cary, b. Mar. 16, 1776, d. unmarried. 

7. Eunice, b. June 16, 1778; m. Ai Staples, May 28, 1801. 

8. Alexander, b. Feb. 28, 1780 ; m., first, Chloe Davis, Feb. 
9, 1803 ; second, Belinda Donaldson. 

9. William, b. May 14, 1782 ; m. Mehitable Harmon, Aug. 
15, 1807. 

10. Samuel, b. Aug. 12, 1784; m., first, Sarah B. McLellan, 
Feb. 8, 1810; second, Rebecca McLellan; third, Tabitha Flood. 
Mrs. Eunice (Elder) McLellan died Aug. 18, 1784, and Capt. 
McLellan married a second time, and died Dec. 27, 1807, aged 52. 

Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Elder, married, July 23, 1761, 
Simon Huston, then of Falmouth. They settled first in that 
town and had one child born there, then removed to Gorham ; 
lived and died on what is now the Gorham Town Farm. Their 
children were as follows: 

1. David, b. in Falmouth, Sept. 29, 1762, d. Apr. 18, 1782. 

2. Elizabeth, b. Mar. 1, 1764; m. Reuben Elder, Feb. 4, 
1787. 

3. Eunice, b. Oct. 28, 1765 ; m. Samuel Harding of Buxton, 
Me., Aug. 5, 1790. 

4. Anna, b. Dee. 26, 1767 ; m., first, Stephen Phinney, Sept. 
22, 1788; second, Simeon Libby. 

5. Simon, b. Oct. 1, 1769, d. July 3, 1773. 

6. Mary, b. Feb. 28, 1771 ; m. Richard Mayberry of Wind- 
ham, Oct. 22, 1798. 

7. William, b. Nov. 20, 1772 ; m. Hannah Waite of Port- 
land ; lived and died in that city. 



GENEALOGY 375 

8. Rebecca, b. Dec. 25, 1774, m. James Warren, Jr., (inten- 
tion entered, Nov. 1, 1806). 

9. Lydia, b. Nov. 21. 1776 ; d. July 13, 1806 ; unmarried. 
10. Simon, b. Apr. 3, 1779; m., first, Betsey R. Whitmore, 

Mar. 22, 1801 ; second, Ruth Elder. 

Jane, daughter of Samuel Elder, married Eleazer Chase. 
The "History of Gorham" says, that he was of Standish, but 
they settled in Windham, and we find on the church records the 
births of the following children: 

1. Nathaniel, born July 14, 1750. 

2. Joshua, born Feb. 25, 1752. 

3. Mary, born Apr. 10, 1755. 

4. Isaac, born Dec. 12, 1757. 

John, son of William and Mary (Akers) Elder, married, 
June 21, 1781, Rebecca, daughter of Capt. Caleb and Lois (Ben- 
nett) Graffam. He was a farmer and owned the farm on which 
Mr. Frank Grant now (1898) lives, near the Windham line, 
and died there May 15, 1828. His wife, Rebecca, was born 
May 1, 1759, and died Oct. 5, 1829. They had no children. 

William, son of William and Mary (Akers) Elder, married 
Keziah, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Jenkins) Hanson, 
and granddaughter of Timothy and Sarah (Chesley) Hanson 
of Dover, N. H. She was born in 1760; died Sept. 8, 1786. 
He died Nov. 15, 1786. They had two children : 

1. Hannah, b. May 1784, m. Wm. Brown, Jan. 6, 

1805. 

2. William, born Aug. 2, 1786. 

Joseph, son of William and :\Iary (Akers) Elder, married, 
first, Jan. 1781, Hannah Conant and had two sons. 

1. John. 

2. Samuel. 

Mrs. Hannah (Conant) Elder died Apr. 9, 1785, and Mr. 
Elder married Ann Morrill. They had the following children : 

1. Morrill, born Jan. 10, 1789. 

2. Jacob. 

3. Isaiah. 

4. Comfort. 



376 WINDHAM JN THE PAST 

5. Ann. 

6. Elijah. 

Reuben, son of William and Mary (Akers) Elder, married, 
Feb. 4, 1787, Elizabeth, daughter of Simon and Elizabeth 
(Elder) Huston. They settled in Gorham, on a part of the 
Gov. Shirley Grant. The farm is now (1898) owned by Howard 
M. Small. He died Sept. 7, 1830. She died Jan. 14, 1840. 
Had eight children, as follows: 

1. Lydia, born Nov. 24, 1787, d. Mar. 4, 1806. 

2. ]Mary, born June 7, 1789, d. Feb. 10, 1798. 

3. Elizabeth, born Feb. 25, 1791; d. Oct. 5, 1873; unmar- 
ried. 

4. Simon, born Feb. 15, 1793, d. Apr. 10, 1793. 

5. Reuben, born Oct. 17, 1794, d. Apr., 1866. 

6. Rebecca, born June 27, 1796, d. Feb. 17, 1798. 

7. Simon, born Sept. 2, 1798, d. Mar. 26, 1826. 

8. John, born June 8, 1800, died June 10, 1824. 

Charles, son of William and Mary (Akers) Elder, married, 
first, Betsey Kinsbury. Had one son, John. His second wife 
was Mary Millions. They had children, as follows : 

1. Amos. 

2. Betsey. 

3. Rebecca. 

4. Robert. 

5. Louisa. 

6. George. 

Silas, son of William and Mary (Akers) Elder, married, 
Sept. 21, 1790, Abigail, daughter of Joseph and Abigail (Graf- 
fam) Chesley. He was a farmer and owned the farm in Wind- 
ham, on which his father had settled, and died there, Sept. 16, 
1841. She died June 3, 1853. They had ten children : 

1. John, born Aug. 2, 1791, died Oct. 1, 1793. 

2. Reuben, born Feb. 9, 1793, died Dec. 16, 1839. 

3. Peter, born Dec. 12, 1794, died Dec. 2, 1859. 

4. Abigail, born Nov. 9, 1796, died July 22, 1848. 

5. Lois, born May 31, 1801; died June 10, 1874; unmar- 
ried. 

6. Dorcas, born Aug. 5, 1803; died Nov. 2, 1833; un- 
married. 



GENEALOGY 377 

7. Josiah, bom Oct. 1, 1805, died Apr. 12, 1882. 

8. William, born June 19, 1809, died Nov. 9, 1809. 

9. Mary, bom Oct. 11, 1810; married Solomon S. May- 
berry of Casco, Me. ; settled in that town and died there. Had 
no children. 

10. Caleb, bora July 16, 1813, died June 22, 1885. 

Isaac, son of William and Mary (Akers) Elder, married, first, 
Hannah, daughter of Capt. Caleb and Lois (Bennett) Graffam. 
He was a farmer and settled at East Windham, where he died 
Dec. 3, 1844. His wife, Hannah, died June 2, 1798. They had 
four children, as follows: 

1. Joseph, born Feb. 1792. 

2. Mary, born Dec. 30, 1793; married Maj. William Smith 
of Windham, Jan. 3, 1830; died Jan. 26, 1863. Had three 
children: 1. Nancy. 2. Angeline. 3. Mary Ellen, who died 
young. 

3. Charles, born Dec. 1, 1795, married Esther ■; is 

said to have had six children, but I fail to find anything further 
in regard to the family. 

4. Rea, born Nov. 8, 1797. 

Isaac Elder's second wife was Mary Jackson, by whom he had 
nine children : 

1. Hannah, born Sept. 9, 1799 ; m. Amos Legrow, 

1822. 

2. Eleanor, born Feb. 16, 1801, d. unmarried. 

3. Betsey, born Nov. 17, 1802 ; married Ezekiel Mayberry, 
Mar. 11, 1827. He died June 28, 1841. She died Aug. 11, 
1874. Had children as folows : Mary Jane, Richard, Miriam, 
Edward, Fannie, John, and Wesley. 

4. Lydia, born Apr. 8, 1805 ; died unmarried. 

5. Richard J., born July 11, 1807. 

6. Frances, bora Aug. 4, 1810, married Edward Mayberry 
in 1835, (intention entered Nov. 20, 1835). Had children: 
Frances, Louisa, and Mary Elizabeth. 

7. Esther A., born May 21, 1813, married John Kemp. 
Had children : Henrietta J. and John A. 

8. Jane B., born Nov. 28, 1817 ; married Peter Crague, Feb. 
21, 1841. He died Apr. 23, 1873. She died Aug. 23, 1900. 
Their children were Stillman A. and Mary E. 



378 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

9. Catharine, born June 6, 1820, married Ebenezer Field, 
(intention entered May 25, 1837). He died July 6. 1877. She 
died May 23, 1900. Children : Emeline M., William W., Charles 
H., Mary C, Josephine B., Isabel, and Charles. 

Prudence, daughter of William and Mavy (Akers) Elder, 
married, Nov. 29, 1780, Thomas Crague of Windham. He was 
a farmer and lived near Little Falls, on the farm now (1905) 
owned by Charles L. Sawyer. He died Sept. 28, 1807. She 
died Jan. 15, 1841. Had eleven children: William, Hugh, 
Elizabeth, Thomas, Mary, Prudence, Thomas, Prudence, James, 
Rebecca, and Martha. 

Rebecca, daughter of William and Mary (Akers) Elder, 
married. May 15, 1788, Josiah Webb, son of James and Elizabeth 
(Mayberry) Webb; lived and died in Windham. He died Sept. 
8, 1849. She died Oct. 6, 1838. Had seven children: James, 
William, IMary, Stephen, Josiah, John, and Eliza. 

William 3d, son of William 2d and Keziah (Hanson) Elder, 
married Margaret, daughter of Joseph and Abigail (Graffam) 
Chesley. The date of the marriage, I am not able to ascertain. 
He was a farmer and lived in Windham, and died there Apr. 
23, 1861. His wife, Margaret, was born Nov. 1, 1788, and died 
Mar. 18, 1868. Had children: 

1. Keziah, born Sept. 11, 1810, married Benjamin R. Stur- 
gis of Gorham. Had six children: James G., William H., Mar- 
garet, Marshall, Mary Ellen, Fannie, and Granville. 

2. Hannah, born Apr. 8, 1812, married Edmund Libby of 
Gorham. Had two children, Alfreda and Margaret. 

3. William H.. born June 20, 1814. 

4. Samuel H., born Aug. 25, 1816 ; married Susan Dorset 
of Gorham ; went to California ; died there ; no issue. 

5. Eunice, born June 20, 1818; married, first, Jonathan 
Moore of Gorham ; second, Benjamin Rawsoii. Children, all 
by first husband, Harry, Daniel, and Jessie. 

6. John, born Apr. 23, 1822; went to New York; married, 
and had two sons and two daughters. 

7. Abbert, born Feb. 10, 1833, married and settled in Haver- 
hill, Mass. No children. 

Morrill, son of Joseph and his second wife Ann (Morrill) 



GENEALOGY 379 

Elder, married, May 7, 1817, Hannah Legrow. He was a 
farmer and lived in Windham, near the Gray line. He died 
Mar. 18, 1863. She was born Apr. 27, 1797, and died Nov. 25, 
1829. Had children, as follows : 

1. Sarah J., born Nov. 3, 1817 ; married George Hamblen of 
Gorham; died Jan. 4, 1854. 

2. Ann, born Nov. 23, 1819, died Apr. 9, 1843. 

3. Joseph, born Aug. 27, 1821. 

4. William, born Sept. 3, 1823, d. Jan. 10, 1899, in Gray. 

5. Isaiah, born Sept. 29, 1825. 

6. Caroline, born Oct. 27, 1817, married William Elkins of 
Windham. Had several children. Mr. Elkins died May 20, 
1871. She died Mar. 21, 1865. They are buried in the May- 
berry Cemetery. 

Reuben, son of Reuben and Elizabeth (Huston) Elder, mar- 
ried, Dec. 25, 1838, Ruth M., daughter of Josiah Smith. He 
was a farmer and lived on the farm in the Quaker Neighborhood, 
near Little Falls, the same where Mr. James Gup till, now (1905) 
lives. He died in 1866. No date of his wife's death can now 
be found. They had 10 children, all born in Gorham. I am 
unable to give the dates of their births, but their names were: 

1. William Sewell, m. Mrs. Bethia (Bangs) Files. 

2. George Marshall, m. Harriet Bell ; lived in Portland. 

3. Greenleaf Greenfield, m. Sarah Parsons ; lived in Deer- 
ing. 

4. Charles Leonard, m. Roxanna Cummins ; lived in So. 
Paris. 

5. Harriet Elizabeth, d. in Gorham, unmarried. 

6. Frederick Edwin, m. Emeline Harding. 

7. Ruth Maria, d. in Gorham, unmarried. 

8. Esther Etta, jn. Chas. J. Walker, d. in Gorham, 1898. 

9. Frances Ann, m. B. F. Whitney; lives at Gorham Vil- 
lage. 

10. ]Mary Jane, d. in Portland, in 1894; unmarried. 

John, son of Reuben and Elizabeth (Huston) Elder, mar- 
ried, Jan. 21, 1822, Eliza, daughter of William and Anna (Ross) 
Thomas, of Gorham. Settled on a part of his father's farm. 
He was accidentally drowned in Little River (at Harding's 
Bridge), on June 10, 1824. Had three children: 



380 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

1. Sarah A., married Elisha Perkins. 

2. John A., married Mary Hallowell. 

3. Simon M., married Caroline Allen. 

Simon, son of Reuben and Elizabeth (Huston) Elder, mar- 
ried, June 7, 1823, Hannah Edwards, and died ]\Iar. 26, 1826. 
I am not able to learn anything further in regard to this man 
or his family, if any. 

Joseph, son of Isaac and Hannah (Chesley) Elder, married 
Ruth Quint. I am not able to give any information as to her 
parentage or date of marriage. They settled in Anson, Me., 
where he died July 20, 1834. Their children were : 



1. 


Mary. 


2. 
3. 
4. 


Isaac. 

Luther. 

Hannah. 


5. 
6. 

7. 


Emily Jane 

Esther. 

John. 



i 



Rea, son of Isaac and Hannah (Chesley) Elder, married 
Harriet Field, (intention entered on the Windham town records 
Nov. 13, 1819) ; lived in the easterly part of Windham. The 
date of his death and also that of his wife, I have not ascertained. 
Had children, as follows: 

1. jMarion. 

2. Isaac. 

3. Eunice. 

4. Hannah. 

5. ]\Iary. 

6. Rea Hugh. 

7. Joseph. 

8. Betsey. 

Richard J., son of Isaac and his second wife, Mary (Jackson) 
Elder, married, ]\Iar. 25, 1838, Roxellana Washburn of Port- 
land. He was a farmer and lived at East Windham, on the 
farm now (1905) owned by his son, Isaac L. Elder, Esq., of 
Portland. He died Jan. 21, 1877. His wife was born Feb. 28, 
1810, and died June 11, 1866. Their children were as follows: 

1, Cynthia J., m. Jordan McLellan. 



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2. Isaac, born Mar. 6, 1840, died Mar. 24, 1840. 

3. Stephen W., born June 30, 1841, died Feb. 3, 1843. 

4. Mary L., born Feb. 19, 1843, died Apr. 9, 1873, 

5. Almeda L., born May 29, 1844, died May 26, 1863. 

6. Ellen Maria, born Sept. 16, 1848, died Mar. 31, 1851. 

7. Stephen W., died May 18, 1908, aged 62. 

8. Isaac L., born July 27, 1847. 

9. Elva R. 

Samuel Elder, 3d, son of Samuel, 2d, and Hannah (Free- 
man) Elder, married Nancy, daughter of James and Abigail 
Mosher of Gorham. He was a farmer and carpenter ; settled on 
a farm in Gorham, near Great Palls ; died there, Sept. 22, 1860, 
aged 79. Mrs. Nancy (INIosher) Elder died May 2, 1837, and 
Mr. Elder married for his second wife Mrs. Rebecca Waterhouse, 
daughter of Ezra Brown of Windham, (intention entered on the 
town records of Windham, Oct. 14, 1837. She died at Little 
Falls, June 6, 1875, aged 85. Children, all by first wife: 

1. Samuel H., born July 9, 1805 ; married, first, Sarah Ayer ; 
second, Sarah Kimball. 

2. Freeman, born Nov. 10, 1806 ; entered his intention of 
marriage with Harriet Knapp of Standish, Oct., 1850. 

3. Leonard C, born Oct. 15, 1808, married Caroline Stiles. 

4. George G., born Jan. 18, 1811, married Annie Morrill. 

5. Peter, born Mar. 11, 1813. 

6. Ruth H., born July 11, 1815; married, first. Dr. Phineas 
Ingalls of Standish, Mar. 19, 1845; second, Lucius Bancroft, 
June 15, 1859; third, Jacob C. Baker, Aug. 6, 1861. She died 
Aug. 23, 1900. 

7. Abigail, born June 14, 1819, married John Blair, (inten- 
tion entered Sept. 9, 1838). 

Simon, son of Samuel and Mary (Graffam) Elder, married, 
Apr. 10, 1819, Mary Hatch. She died Dec. 22, 1820, aged 24, 
leaving one child : 

1. Mary Jane, born June 10, 1820, died Oct. 5, 1828. 

]\Ir. Elder married. Jan. 26, 1823, Elizabeth, daughter of 
Randall Johnson of Westbrook. Children : 

1. Miriam, born Nov. 18, 1823, died young. 



382 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

2. Catharine, born Nov. 1, 1825; d. Sept. 21, 1845; un- 
married. 

3. Martha, born Nov. 5, 1827, d. July 27, 1851. 

4. Henry, born Mar. 2, 1829, d. young. 

5. Sarah J., born July 15, 1830; d. Apr. 28, 1854; un- 
married. 

6. Eunice, born May 31, 1832^ d. young. 

7. Randall J., born Nov. 3, 1833 ; m. Frances E. Roberts, 
Mar. 10, 1861 ; lives in Boston. 

8. ^lary E., born Apr. 8, 1836 ; m. Henry M. Sweetsir, 
Dec. 29, 1889. 

9. Edward, born Jan. 13, 1839, d. young. 
10. George L., born Nov. 16, 1841, d. young. 

Simon Elder died May 4, 1862 ; his wife, Elizabeth, died Jan. 
26, 1889. 

Peter, son of Samuel, 3d, and Nancy (Mosher) Elder, mar- 
ried, Nov. 25, 1839, Mary J., daughter of Rufus Harmon. He 
was a farmer and lived on the farm near Great Falls, now owned 
by William Fogg. About 1867 or '68, he moved to Portland, 
where he died in 1880. His widow was living there in 1902. 
Had children, as follows : 

1. Helen M., born Feb. 20, 1841, died young. 

2. Mary C, born May 12, 1842, m. William Cameron. 

3. Clara M., born Aug. 28, 1846, m. Herbert Sylvester. 

4. Ida, born July 28, 1851, m. James Pooler. 

5. Ruth ]\I., is a teacher. 

Reuben, son of Silas and Abigail (Chesley) Elder, married 
Sally Crague, (intention entered on town records of Windham, 
Apr. 24, 1819. He was a farmer and lived on the River Road, 
in Windham and died there, Dec. 16, 1839. The date of his 
wife 's death, I am not able to find. Children : 

1. Edward, born 1820, died Nov. 22, 1855. 

2. Caroline, born 1824; d. July 31, 1845; unmar- 
ried. 

3. Albert Leonard, born 1835, died May 21, 1906. 

Peter, son of Silas and Abigail (Chesley) Elder, entered his 
intention of marriage with Lj^dia Libby of Scarborough, Me., 
Aug. 18, 1824. She died leaving no children, and he married 



GENEALOGY 383 

Ada Stratton of Colebrook, N. H. He was a farmer and shoe- 
maker. Lived on the River Road, where ]\Ir. Sicord now lives, 
and died there Sept. 2, 1859. His wife, Ada. died at the Old 
Ladies' Home in Lynn. ]\Iass., several years ago. No children 
by either marriage. 

Josiah, son of Silas and Abigail (Chesley) Elder, entered 
his intention of marriage with Jane, daughter of Paul and Annie 
(Staples) Stone, Mar. 16, 1829. He was a farmer and lived on 
his wife's father's farm on the River Road, near the Westbrook 
line. The farm is now OAvned by his son, ]Marshall. He died 
Apr. 18, 1883. Children: 

1. Maria, m. William F. Weseott and died Dee. 1. 1901. 

2. Marshall, born 1831, unmarried. 

3. Hiram, died Sept. 18. 1887. 

4. Sarah J., unmarried. 

5. Abbie A., unmarried. 

Caleb, son of Silas and Abigail (Chesley) Elder, married, 
first, on June 14, 1854, ]\Iartha A. Warren of Gorham. She died 
July 22, 1868. Children: 

1. Albion S. 

2. Irving. 

Mr. Elder's second wife was Lucy Lenneton, to whom he was 
married, June 6, 1875. He died Jan. 22, 1885. His second wife 
was living a few years ago. 

William Sew ell. son of Reuben and Ruth L. (Smith) Elder, 
married ]\Irs. Bethiah (Bangs) Files. He was a farmer and 
carpenter. He lived first in what is known as the "Branch 
Neighborhood," in Gorham; moved to tlie village where he and 
his wife both died. Children : 

1. Mary Elizabeth, deceased. 

2. Reuben Everett, deceased. 

George Marshall, son of Reuben and Ruth L. (Smith) Elder, 
married Harriet Bell of Portland. He was for many years a 
shoe dealer in that city, being one of the firm of Bell & Elder. 
Afterwards he went into business alone ; then, as one of the firm 
of Elder & Douglass, in ^Market Square. He died in Portland. 
Had one child : 

1. Georgie ]\I.. married Robert H. Knight. 



384 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Greenleaf Greenfield, son of Reuben and Ruth L. (Smith) 
Elder, married Sarah Parsons. He was a machinist ; retired 
from active business several years ago ; lived in Deering and died 
there. Had two children : 

1. Annie, died in infancy. 

2. Carrie L., married Benjamin ]\I. Richardson and has two 
children, Clifford and Leon. 

Charles Leonard, son of Reuben and Ruth L. (S"mith) Elder, 
married Roxana Cummins. He was a farmer ; settled in Paris, 
Me., where he died several years ago. Had four children : 

1. Charles Roland. He is a lawyer in Massachusetts. 

2. George. He is a lawyer. 

3. Lot JMorrill ; was a medical student ; died before gradua- 
tion. 

4. Nelson. He is a merchant. 

Frederick Edwin, son of Reuben and Ruth L. (Smith) Elder, 
married Emeline, daughter of Capt. Charles and Eliza Ann 
(Bailey) Harding of Gorham. He is a carpenter; lives in 
Lowell, ]\Iass., where he has been em])loyed by a corporation for 
many years. Has no children. 

Esther Etta, daughter of Reuben and Ruth L. (Smith) 
Elder, married Charles J. Walker, a well-known shoe and leather 
dealer of Portland. He died Jan. 8, 1898. She died Oct. 20, 
1898, aged 65 years. One child: 

1. Fred S., lives in Portland. 

Frances Ann, daughter of Reuben and Ruth L. (Smith) 
Elder, married Benjamin F. Whitney, of Windham. He was 
Lieutenant in the 10th IMaine Volunteer Infantry, during the 
Civil War, and served about two years. Afterwards in the boot 
and shoe Ijusiuess in Portland. Has been a deputy sheritf. 
Had two children: 

1. Jennie Pierce, unmarried. 

2. Harry Lincoln, died young. 
They now live at Gorham. 

Edward, son of Reuben and Sally (Crague) Elder, married 
Mary, daughter of John and IMartha (Stevens) Trott of Wind- 
ham. He was a farmer and lived on his father's farm on the 



GENEALOGY 385 

River Road, and died there, Nov. 22, 1855. His wife, Mary, 
died in Lynn, ]Mass., several years ago. Had two children : 

1. Edward. He is a carpenter and contractor in Lynn; 
married JMary, daughter of John and Lucy A. (Hasty) Webb. 

2. Etta, married John Kenniston, lived in Lynn. 

A. Leonard, son of Reuben and Sally (Crague) Elder, mar- 
ried, first, Lydia, daughter of Samuel and Eliza (Barbour) 
Hawkes, second. Marie Peterson. One child by first wife: 

1. Julia, m. Royal T. ]\Iayberry. 

Albert Leonard Elder was a farmer and lived on the River 
Road, in Windham. He died I\Iay 21, 1906. aged 72 years, 3 
months, 10 days. 



ELLIOTT 

Jacob Elliott was one of the early settlers of Windham. 
Just wiiere he came from, we do not know. He bought Lot No. 
10, second division of one hundred-acre lots in Windham near 
the Center, Apr. 3, 1793, and commenced to clear the land. 
This lot is included in the homestead of the late Hon. William 
Goold. He married, probably, Dorothy Pettingill. He is said 
to have been the first wdiite man, who caught fish at White's 
Bridge. Pie died ]\Iay 10, 1817, aged 88 years. His wife, 
Dorothy, died Feb. 9, 1808. Their children were as follows: 

1. Dorothy, married Ebenezer Barton, in 1773. 

2. Jacob, Jr., married Ann Baker of Falmouth, Nov. 25, 
1787. 

3. Anna, married Ichabod Hanson, Jun., Sept. 3. 1784. 

4. Elizabeth, married John Cook, in 1786. They were the 
parents of Betsey Cook, who died in Windliam, unmarried, Aug., 
1861, aged 72. She had two brothers, John and Richard. 

5. Daniel Pettingill, married ^litty Hall, Jan. 1, 1792. 

6. Hannah, probably a daughter of Jacob Elliott, married 
Joseph Chase of Bucktown (now Buekfield), in 1789, (intention 
entered on the Windham records Nov. 8th, of that year). He 
was the son of Eleazer Chase, who was an early settler of Wind- 
ham, but removed to Buekfield. 



386 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

EVELETH 

John Eveleth, the well-known lawyer, was Town Clerk from 
1823 to 1841, from 1843 to 1844; and in 1846, and 1848, his 
last service in that capacity being from 1850 to the close of 
1854. He represented the town in the State Legislature in the 
years 1823, 1824, 1825. and 1826. He married Rebecca Merrill 
of New Gloucester, (intention entered Nov. 13, 1829). He died 
Sept. 17, 1859. Rev. Mr. Wiswell, in noticing his death in the 
Church Book, remarks that he had been a deacon of the Con- 
gregational Church for twenty years. His wife, Rebecca Mer- 
rill, died June 30, 1872. He had two children, both born in this 
town : 

1. John Marshall, born Feb. 24, 1825; graduated from 
Bowdoin College in the class of 1845 ; studied medicine and 
located first at ^Mechanic Falls ; removed from there to Hallowell, 
Me.; died there Oct. 26, 1894. 

2. Samuel Archer, born Jan. 5, 1826; graduated from 
Bowdoin College, in the class of 1847. He was a lawyer at 
Windham Hill ; married Ellen White, daughter of John and 
Huldah (^lorrell) White of Windham. He died at the early 
age of 30 years. He was a man of true nobility of character, 
and his death was a loss to the community. Left no children. 

FIELD 

William Field came from Falmoutli, and was probably a 
native of that town. He entered his intention of marriage with 
Annah Manchester, Feb. 26, 1785. She was the daughter of 
Stephen, of Indian fame, and his third wife, Mary (Bailey) 
Manchester, and was born in Windham. Feb. 13, 1765, and died 
Feb. 10, 1857, almost 92 years of age. Mr. Field settled first 
in Falmouth, where his two oldest children were born. About 
1788, he moved to Windham and settled on a farm at East 
Windham, in what is called the "Ireland District." We have 
no record of the death of William Field, but his widow outlived 
him many years. They had twelve children, as follows : 

1. Reuben, born Aug. 18, 1785. 

2. Lucy, born Jan. 2, 1787. 

3. Elias, born Mar. 4, 1789. 

4. Peter, born Aug. 31, 1791. 



GENEALOGY 387 

5. Jane, born ^May 17, 1793. 

6. William, born Feb. 10, 1796. 

7. Daniel, born Mar. 29, 1798. 

8. Mary Ann, born May 12, 1800. 

9. Ebenezer, born June 13, 1802, died young. 

10. Isabella, born June 8, 1804. 

11. Barbara, born July 13, 1806. 

12. Ebenezer, born Aug. 9, 1809. 

Mrs. Anna (Manchester) Field lived with her youngest son, 
Ebenezer, and died there. She was a woman of good natural 
abilities, warm-hearted, and generous in the extreme, and was 
greatly beloved, not only by her own family, but by a large circle 
of friends and acquaintances. 

FREEMAN 

The first of the above name to locate in this vicinity is 
believed to be Samuel Freeman. He came from England, with 
emigrants who accompanied Governor Winthrop, in 1630. He 
settled in Watertown, ^lass. His wife w^as Apphia, — but what 
her family name was, does not appear. They had a son, Samuel, 
born in Watertown, ^lay 11, 1638, who married. May 12, 1658. 
]\Iercy Southworth of Plymouth. They had a son, also named 
Samuel, who was born in Eastham, ^lar. 26, 1662. He married, 
first. Elizabeth Sparrow; second, Bathshua Smith, daughter of 
Barnabas Lathrop. By his second marriage he had twelve 
children, among them a son named Enoch. He was born in 
Eastham, ]May 19, 1706 ; graduated at Harvard College in the 
class of 1729. In 1742, Enoch Freeman came to Falmouth (now 
Portland), as agent for Gen. Waldo, who, by this time, had suc- 
ceeded in accomplishing the financial ruin of his former friend 
and partner. Col. Thomas Westbrook. On Aug. 31, 1742, he 
married Mary Wright, by whom he had seven children : 

1. Samuel, born June 26, 1743. 

2. James, born Sept. 9, 1744, died Feb. 5, 1771. 

3. Mary, born June 1, 1746, died Oct. 22, 1750. 

4. William, born Nov. 13, 1747, d. June 6, 1765 (drowned). 

5. Enoch, born Sept. 4, 1750. died Dec. 1832. 

6. Mary, born June 12, 1752, m. Thos. Child and died in 
1832. 



388 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

7. Lathrop, born Mar. 27, 1753, died Apr. 26, 1753. 

Mr. Freeman held many important offices during his life, 
which goes to show that he possessed the confidence of the public. 
Willis, in his "History of Portland," thus speaks of him: "He 
was a man of proud bearing and severe manners, which were 
more suited to the age in which he lived than in that which fol- 
lowed. " He died Sept. 2, 1788, aged 82. His wife died Jan. 
7, 1785. 

Samuel, son of Enoch and >\lary (AVright) Freeman, was one 
of the most useful and influential citizens that Portland had in 
its early days. He was born in that city, June 26, 1743 ; and, 
when grown to manhood, he at once took a high position as an 
attorney. In 1775, he was chosen a delegate to the Provincial 
Congress and, for two years, was secretary of that body. He 
was re-elected to the Congress, in 1776 and 1778. While in 
Congress, he was appointed Clerk of Courts for Cumberland 
County and held that office for forty-six years. In 1776, he was 
appointed Register of Probate, and continued in that office until 
1804, when he succeeded Judge Gorham as Judge of Probate. 
He served in this latter capacity until Maine became a separate 
State. He was chosen a deacon of the First Parish Church and 
remained as such for forty-five years. In 1802, he was chosen 
President of the Maine Bank. Also he was President of the 
Overseers of Bowdoin College, and Treasurer of that Institution. 
He was also, for twenty-nine years. Postmaster of Portland. 
Samuel Freeman was twice married. His first wife was INIary 
Fowle of Watertown, Mass., to whom he was married, Nov. 3, 
1777. By her he had three children : 

1. Mary, born Sept. 21, 1778; married Jonathan Bryant; 
died July 31, 1832. 

2. Samuel Deane, born ]\Iay 29, 1781; graduated at Har- 
vard in 1800; died Sept. 15, 1831; unmarried. 

3. William, born July 2, 1783; graduated at Harvard in 
1804; married Clarissa Clark, of Boston, by whom he had a 
family ; was a lawyer ; settled in Cherryfield, Me. 

^Irs. ]Mary (Fowle) Freeman died Jan. 7, 1785; and, on Feb. 
7, 1786, Mr. Freeman married Betty, widow of Pearson Jones 
and daughter of Enoch ILslev. Thev had six children : 



GENEALOGY 389 

1. Elizabeth, born Nov. 7, 1786; married, Aug. 28, 1786, 
Elnathan Duran ; died Aug. 28, 1815. 

2. Dorcas, born June 30, 1789 ; married Henry Holmes of 
Boston ; died Apr. 23, 1813. 

3. Henry, born Mar. 2, 1792 ; died Nov. 9, 1834 ; unmarried. 

•4. Charles, born June 3, 1794; graduated at Bowdoin Col- 
lege, in 1812; settled in the ministry at Limerick, Me., in 1820; 
died Sept. 19, 1853. 

5. George, born ]\Iar. 9, 1796; graduated at Bowdoin Col- 
lege, in 1812; died May 27, 1815; unmarried. 

6. Charlotte, born ]\Iar. 6, 1800, married Rev. John Boyn- 
ton of Phippsburg, ]Me. 

Enoch, son of Enoch and j\Iary (Wright) Freeman, married 
]\Iehitable Cushing. Settled in business at Saccarappa and died 
there, Dec. 4, 1832, aged 82 years. His wife, Mehitable, died at 
the same place, Feb. 27, 1844, aged 84. They are buried in the 
old Conant Burial Ground at Westbrook, where modest head- 
stones mark the spot of their interment. Children : 

1. Abigail, born July 7, 1788, m. Daniel Babb. 

2. Enoch, born July 14, 1790. 

3. Nathaniel, born July 1792. 

4. Mary, born July 21, 1796, died July 15, 1844. She is 
buried in the Conant Yard, and her head-stone bears the follow- 
ing epitaph : 

' ' Upon her grave shall blessings rest. 

Kind, good and pious were her days; 
They loved her most who knew her best 
And their affection speaks her praise." 

5. Sally, born Oct. 27, 1797, died Sept. 7, 1815. 

6. James, born May 29, 1800, died Apr. 8, 1833. 

Another son of the second Samuel and ]\lercy (Southworth) 
Freeman was named Constant. He was born Mar. 31, 1669, 
married Jane Treat. Her father was the Rev. Samuel Treat, 
pastor of the church in Truro, Cape Cod. His congregation 
was largely composed of Indians, for whom he translated the 
"Confession of Faith" into the Nauset dialect. Jonathan, son 
of Constant and Jane (Treat) Freeman, was born in Truro, 
June 9, 1710, married, Sept. 23, 1731, Rebecca Burney. Their 



390 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

son, Jonathan, Jr., born in May, 1739, married, Nov. 28, 1759, 
Sarah Parker of Falmouth, Me. They came to Gorham, about 
Nov. 25, 1762, and it is said that his father and mother came 
with them. Jonathan Freeman and his wife, Sarah, settled in 
the south part of Gorham, on land he purchased of ]\Ir. ]\Iorton. 
He was a soldier of the Revolution, and was at the Battle of 
Bunker Hill. The date of his death is unknown. His children 
were : 

1. Sarah, born May 9, 1761 ; married, Apr. 19, 1781. Isaac 
Larrabee of Scarboro, Me. 

2. Jenny, born July 28, 1763, died unmarried. 

3. Benjamin, born June 18, 1765. 

4. Rebecca, born July 28, 1767; married, Oct. 27, 1785, 
Josiah Harmon of Scarboro. 

5. Susannah, born Oct. 8, 1769; married, Apr. 23, 1788, 
Dominicus Harmon of Scarboro. 

6. Jonathan, born Feb! 8, 1773. 

7. Ebenezer, born Apr. 8, 1775. 

8. Apphia, born Dec. 6, 1777, died unmarried. 

9. Joshua, born May 4, 1780. 

Benjamin, son of Jonathan and Sarah (Parker) Freeman, 
married, in 1787, (intention entered Dec. 15th of that year), 
Eunice Seavey of Scarboro. He was a farmer and settled in 
that town. Had sons, Josiah and Samuel, (probably other 
children). 

Jonathan, son of Jonathan and Sarah (Parker) Freeman, 
married, in 1794, Hannah Thompson of Falmouth. Had chil- 
dren, as follows: 

1. Samuel, died young, buried in Gorham. 

2. William, died young, buried in Gorham. 

3. Gardner, born Mar. 22, 1799; died in Gray, Me.; un- 
married. 

4. Polly, born Aug. 25, 1801, married Rufus Knight, and 
died in Gray. The family moved to Windham, where a son, 
George, was born; thence to West Gray, where they had three 
more children, Nancy, Samuel, and Ellen. Jonathan Freeman 
was the grandfather of George Freeman of West Gray and j\Irs. 
Gardner Weeks, late of Gorham. 



GENEALOGY 391 

Ebenezer, son of Jonathan and Sarah (Parker) Freeman, 
married, Feb. 3, 1799, Polly Prentiss. Their children were: 

1. Betsey, born July 12, 1799, m. Plummer. 

2. Prentiss, born May 25. 1801. 

He moved to Parsonsfield and had five more children, born 
in that town : 

3. Mary. 

4. William. 

5. Ebenezer. 

6. Benjamin. 

7. Samuel. 

Ebenezer Freeman died in Parsonsfield, while yet in the 
prime of life. 

Joshua, son of Jonathan and Sarah (Parker) Freeman, lived 
on the old homestead in Gorham. He married, Aug. 30, 1801, 
Hannah Harmon of Scarboro. They were both charter members 
of the Freewill Baptist Church at South Gorham, and he was, 
for several years, its deacon. He died June 22, 1853. His wife 
died June 27, 1868. Had children, as follows: 

1. Arthur, married Martha Davis of Boston; lived in that 
city. 

2. Cyrus, married Elizabeth Mosher, lived and died in 
Farmington, Me. 

3. Daniel, born in 1811 ; died Feb. 16, 1870 ; he married, in 
1837, ]\Iartha J. Goldthwaite of Biddeford, and had two daugh- 
ters: Sarah C, born Aug. 25, 1839, married a Mr. Waterhouse 
of Fryeburg. Martha E., born May 20, 1841 ; married Melville 
C. Burnell ; lives in Gorham. 

4. ]\Ioses, married Rebecca Oliver of Boston, and died in 
Somerville, Mass. 

5. Alexander, married, in 1843, Sally Waterhouse; moved 
to Wayland, ]\lass., and died there. 

6. Samuel, died Oct. 1, 1835, aged 18 years. 

7. Sarah, died Oct. 15, 1819, aged 6 months. 

Benjamin, son of Jonathan and Sarah (Parker) Freeman, 
married Eunice Seavey ; lived in Scarboro, Me. I am unable to 
say how many children they had, but two of their sons settled in 
Windham, and they had probably more children. Those who 
came here were Josiah and Samuel. 



392 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Josiah, son of Benjamin and Eunice (Seavey) Freeman, was 
born Oct. 10, 1791 ; married about 1815, Betsey Webb, born 
Sept. 9, 1786. She was the daughter of John Webb, w^ho was 
born in England, Mar. 13, 1750, and died in W^indham, Dec. 
17, 1833. Josiah Freeman settled, first in Scarboro ; but after- 
wards came to Windham and purchased a farm on tlie River 
Road, a few rods south of Calley Wright's, (now called Dole's) 
Brook; it being a part of the farm on which Capt. Thomas 
Chute made the first settlement in town. lie served a term in 
the U. S. Army in the War of 1812. He was a man of indus- 
trious habits, somewhat reserved in manners ; a good citizen, and 
greatly respected by his townsmen. He died on the farm where 
he settled in Windham, Mar. 28, 1868. His wife died at same 
place, May 19, 1873. They had five children: 

1. Stephen W., born Jan. 17, 1817, in Scarboro. 

2. Benjamin, born Oct. 8, 1818. 

3. Thomas, born about 1821. 

4. Elizabeth A., born in 1823; m. Jonathan Sanborn; died 
June 26, 1905; had children. 

5. Lois, unmarried. 

Samuel, son of Benjamin and Eunice (Seavey) Freeman, 
married, Aug. 10, 1823, Lorana, daughter of William and Ann 
(Webb-Bolton) Libby of Gorham. Settled at Gambo, in Wind- 
ham, where he worked for a long term of years in the powder 
mills. He and his wife have been dead for several years, but 
I am unable to find any date of their deaths ; neither can I tell 
when any one of their six children was born. They were as 
follows : 

1 . Harriet, married, first, Samuel Nason ; second, Josiah 
Swett of Standish. She is deceased. 

2. John. 

3. Joseph. 

4. Dorcas A., married John Richardson, and died in Gor- 
ham, Dec. 1, 1895. Had children. 

5. Charlotte, married Newell Hanson of Windham. She 
is now (1906) living at South Windham. Has children. 

6. James E. 

Stephen W., son of Josiah and Betsey (Webb) Freeman, 
married, Jan. 10, 1841, Charity Ann, daughter of Thomas and 



GENExVLOGY 393 

Betsey (Mayberry) Bodge of Windham. She was born Sept, 
16, 1818, and died Apr. 28, 1842. They had one child, a son 
named William B., born Apr. 17, 1842, and died in 1859 or '60. 
Stephen W. Freeman married a second wife, Miss Caroline H. 
Walker of Westbrook. He lived on his father's farm and died 
there, Aug. 26, 1897. His wife, Caroline, was born Feb. 26, 
1826, and died about 1865. They had children, as follows: 

1. Erving, born Sept. 6, 1847, died Sept. 20, 1849. 

2. Ella M., born May 7, 1851, died about 1865. 

3. C. Elizabeth, born Jan. 24, 1853, m. Frank Johnson, 

4. Charles, born May 21, 1855. 

5. Fred H., born Feb. 21, 1857. 

6. Sarah, born Feb. 20, 1859; married Charles Clay; has 
children ; lives in Gorham. 

7. Annie, born Apr. 26, 1861, married, Frank D. Guptill. 
He was instantly killed by a powder-mill explosion at Newhall, 
May 9, 1898. 

8. Alice, died young. 

Benjamin, son of Josiah and Betsey (Webb) Freeman, 
married ]\Iartha A., daughter of Peter and Martha Ingersoll of 
Windham. He settled, first in Windham ; moved to Bethel, 
Me. ; from there to W^ashington, D. C, where he was employed 
by the U. S. Government for several years. He afterwards re- 
turned to Windham and died Mar. 5, 1890. His wife was born 
in 1823 and died Mar. 18, 1863. Had children^ as follows: 

1. Melville, settled in Bethel, Me. 

2. Francena. 

3. Ann M., died Mar. 25, 1847, aged 3 years. 

4. Rose Elva, died July 4, 1852, aged 14 mos., 10 days. 

5. Ina. 

6. Howard, deceased. 

Thomas, son of Josiah and Betsey (Webb) Freeman, mar- 
ried Abbie Proctor of Westbrook; lived several years after 
marriage in Windham ; moved to Denmark, Me., where he pur- 
chased a farm, and where he and his wife died several years ago. 
Their children were: 

1. Oscar, deceased. 

2. Albert. 



394 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

3. William. 

4. Ida. 

John, son of Samuel and Lorana (Libby) Freeman, married 
Minerva, daughter of James and Ann (Bailey) Small. He 
worked many years at powder making at Gambo. Afterwards 
he settled on a farm near Little Falls and died there, June 28, 

1890, aged 66 years. His wife died a few years previous. They 
had two children, both of whom died young, and a daughter, 
Annie, who married Angus Cameron. She lives in Portland 
and has a daughter. 

Joseph, son of Samuel and Lorana (Libby) Freeman, was 
a powder-maker and lived at Gambo, where he died May 28, 

1891. He married Susan Welch, a native of the British Prov- 
inces. After his death she moved to Everett, 'Mass., and died 
there. His children : 

1. Lora. 

2. Julia. 

James E., son of Samuel and Lorana (Libby) Freeman, 
married, Apr. 9, 1859, Jane N., daughter of Joseph and Eunice 
(Lombard) Libby of Gorham. She was born May 11, 1841, 
and died Jan. 28, 1896. He worked for some time at powder 
making ; served a term of enlistment in the Union Army. Three 
children : 

JL. Horatio G., married Jan. 14, 1893, Clara E. Libby. 

2. Minnie L., married Sept. 14, 1889, Edward Thompson. 

3. Ethel M., married July 3, 1900, William J. Ranney. 

Fred H., son of Stephen W. and Caroline H. (Walker) Free- 
man, married, Nov. 27, 1880, Sarah, daughter of Richard and 
Rosilla M. (Chute) Dole. She was born Aug. 25, 1860. He is 
a grocer; lives at Little Falls (on Gorham side). They have 
two children: 

1. Bertha R., born June 30, 1886. 

2. Harlan Dole, born Nov. 4, 1890. 

Charles, son of Stephen W. and Caroline H, (Walker) Free- 
man, married Patience, daughter of Cornelius and Nancy 
(Allen) Small of Westbrook. He is a farmer and lives on his 



GENEALOGY 395 

father's farm on the River Road, Windham. They have two 
children : 

1. Irene. 

2. Stephen. 

FROST 

Hezekiah Frost was born in Canterbury, Conn., in 1778. 
He graduated at Yale College in 1802, and located at Windham 
Hill, where he practised law until his death. May 27, 1827. He 
married, in 1807, Esther Clark of Plymouth, Vermont, and they 
had six children : 

1. Jane Clark, born Nov. 1808. 

2. Susan Farnham, born Sept. 25, 1810. 

3. Louisa Bond, born Feb. 20, 1813. 

4. John Clark, born Feb. 22, 1815. 

5. Daniel, born June 22, 1817. 

6. Hezekiah, born Apr. 7, 1819. 

Mrs. Esther Frost died June 10, 1819 ; and, on Dec. 17, 1820, 
Mr. Frost entered his intention of marriage with Miss Hannah 
Brown of Windham, by whom he had three children, as follows: 

1. Edward B., born Sept. 14, 1821. 

2. Esther, born June 30, 1823, m. Josiah Turner. 

3. Sereno Dwight, born Oct. 23, 1825. 

FARROW 

John Farrow, said to have been the third settler of New Mar- 
blehead, was a native of Tiverton, R. I. We do not know the 
date of his death, but it was sometime previous to 1759. His 
wife, Persis, died, according to the church records, May 12, 1758, 
and they were buried on their own land. 

John Farrow, Jr., son of John and Persis Farrow, married 
Hannah and had the following children born here: 

1. Abigail, born Feb. 3, 1746, died July 1753. 

2. Ezekiel, born Jan. 1, 1749. 

3. Timothy, born Sept. 17, 1751. 

4. Josiah Wooster, born Feb. 10, 1754. 

5. John, born Apr. 25, 1756. 



896 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

6. Thomas, born Apr. 18, 1758. 

7. Calvin, baptized Apr. 8, 1764. 

The name of Farrow has been extinct in Windham for many 
years. 

GOOLD 

In the year 1768, a young Quaker named Benjamin Goold, 
then twenty-one years of age, started from Elliott, Me., to Fal- 
mouth to make his way in the world. He had no means to begin 
with except his Yankee pluck. He found employment in Fal- 
mouth, where he remained until 1774, when he came to Wind- 
ham, There he worked for Daniel Hall, near Windliam Center, 
for six years and earned his farm, it being the same afterwards 
owned by James L. Dunlap. He married, in 1775, Phebe Noble 
of Gray. Her father was Nathan Noble. He was a soldier and 
served at Louisburg, in 1745. He went on the expedition to 
the same place in 1757, and was in the army at Lake Champlain, 
in 1758 and 1759. In 1776, he served two months at the siege 
of Boston. Jan. 6, 1777, he enlisted for three years in Capt. 
John Skillings' Co., in Col. Ebenezer Francis' 11th Massachu- 
setts Kegt. He took part in the retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, 
was in the battles of Hubbardton and Stillwater, and was killed 
at the Battle of Saratoga, Oct. 7, 1777, being at the time in his 
55th year. Benjamin Goold 's father and grandfather were 
named Benjamin, and both lived in Elliott. His grandfather 
went from Taunton, Mass., to Elliott about 1713. He was the 
son of John and Mary (Crosson) Gold. (Here the spelling of 
the name changed.) John Gold was the son of Jarvis Gold, who 
came from Kent Co., England, in 1625, first to Boston. Later 
he became one of the early settlers of Hingham, ]\Iass., in 1625, 
He removed to Boston, where he died in 1656, aged 51 years. 
He was the emigrant ancestor of all of the name, who have ever 
lived in Windham. Benjamin Goold of Windham built a log 
house at first, but afterwards a frame dwelling. The cellar and 
well can now be seen, and there are also two or three of his 
apple trees yet standing; but they are back in the orchard, as 
the present road was not then built. He died in 1807, aged 60 
years. He was an industrious and frugal man and acquired 
considerable land. He was an assessor and collector of taxes 



GENEALOGY 397 

in Windham. His wife, was remembered by her grandson, Hon. 
William Goold, as a smart Quaker lady, who rode to meeting 
Thursdays and Sundays, on her pacing mare "Knitting Work." 
She died in a "sleeping lethargy," in 1817, aged 67 years. The 
children of Benjamin and Phebe (Noble) Goold, were as follows: 

1. Simeon, born July 4, 1776; married in 1799, Bethiah 
Osgood ; was in the lumber business and built a sawmill at Great 
Falls. He resided on the Anthoine Road near Pike's Hill. 
Later he moved to Portland and died there, in 1835. Had three 
sons and one daughter, all buried in Portland. 

2. Nathan, born Apr. 10, 1778. 

3. Daniel, born July 10, 1780, d. Mar. 28, 1798. 

4. Betsey, born Nov. 3, 1782; married Dec. 28, 1807, 
Ephraim Hodgdon. He was born in South Berwick, Apr, 23, 
1777. He was a tailor by trade and lived at Windham Center. 
They had three children, as follows : 

1. Julia, born July 11. 1808. 

2. Daniel, born Dec. 3, 1809. 

3. Eunice, born Apr. 3, 1812. 

5. Mary, born Dec. 21, 1784, married William Pitt Freeze, 
(intention entered Feb. 12, 1814). He was killed by lightning 
at Sandwich, N. H., in 1829. She died in 1839, aged 54 years. 

6. Ezra, born May 7, 1787, died the next year. 

7. Ezra, born Mar. 16, 1789; married, about 1812, Betsey 
Shane, daughter of Richard Shane. Ezra Goold was a deputy 
sheriff and an ensign in the militia. He died in 1818, aged 29 
years. His wife died in 1882, aged 93 years. They had one 
child, Louisa, who married, in 1838, Lieut. Col. John C. Jaquis. 
He died in Windham, June 13, 1895, aged 88 years, 2 months, 
27 days. 

8 and 9. Twins, who died when but a few days old. 
10. Abner, born Aug. 31, 1792, was unmarried and when 
last heard from was in New Orleans, in 1836. 

Nathan, second son of Benjamin and Phebe (Noble) Goold, 
was twice married. His first mfe was Miriam Swett, daughter 
of John and Sarah Swett, to whom he was married. Mar. 13, 
1803. She died in 1805 ; and, on Dec. 27, 1807, he was married 
by the well-known Rev. Caleb Bradley, of Westbrook, to Betsey 
Gowen, daughter of James and Edna (Knight) Gowen. She 



398 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

was a descendant of Nicholas Frost, the first settler in Elliott, 
where her father came when a young man. Mr. Goold bought 
in 1802 the farm, which was later occupied by his son, Hon. 
William Goold. Nathan Goold was chairman of the selectmen 
for eight years, represented Windham in the General Court of 
Massachusetts; was Captain of the Town ^Militia in the War of 
1812, and marched his company, in the alarm of Sept., 1814, 
to Portland to defend the town from an expected attack. He 
was a justice of the peace for many years, and died of consump- 
tion in 1823, aged almost 45 years. His children by both mar- 
riages, were : 

1. John, born Dec. 25, 1803, died Jan. 21, 1806. 

2. Benjamin, born Feb. 5, 1805; married, in 1826, Mary 
Ann Sargent, who died in 1890, aged 89 years. He lived in 
Windham until 1835, when he removed to Lynn, Mass., and died 
in 1863, aged 58 years. His children were : 

1. Martha Ann, born Oct. 2, 1827. 

2. Ada Elizabeth, born May 29, 1829. 

3. Sarah Kimball, born July 10, 1830. 

4. William Benjamin, born in Lynn. 

3. William, born Apr. 13. 1809. 

4. Miriam, born Jan. 25, 1820; married John Brown, Jr., 
in 1849. She died in 1859. He died in Deering, Me., in 1890, 
aged 77 years. Their children were : 

1. Lizzie Goold. 

2. Frederick James. 

3. Annie Milliken. 

4. Alice Francena, died young. 

5. Nathan, born Dec. 19, 1821 ; married, first, in 1844, Mary 
Ellen Kimball. She died in 1873, aged 48 years. He then mar- 
ried Mary J. (Follansbee) Smith of Boston; moved to that city 
and was living there in 1897. His children were : 

1. William Frank, who died young. 

2. George Walter. 

3. Ida Isabel, died young. 

Hon. William Goold, son of Nathan and Betsey (Gowen) 
Goold, born Apr. 13, 1809, when about 14 years of age, left his 
home in Windham, and went to Portland to learn the tailor's 



GENEALOGY 399 

trade. He served seven years' apprenticeship with Seth Clark 
and became his partner, in 1830. In 1837. because of bleeding 
badly from his lungs he was obliged to give up business and re- 
turned to Windham. There he spent nearly seven years on the 
home farm ; but. recovering his health, he moved to Saco. On 
account of a freshet there, he did not find the situation satis- 
factory and, returned to AVindham. Next he moved back to 
Portland and engaged in business, where he remained until 1861. 
In that year he returned to his farm, spending the remainder 
of his life near the scenes of his childhood. He represented 
Windham in the Legislature, in 1866, and was a State Senator 
in 1874 and 1875. Though a man of but very limited school 
education, he was best known from his historical writings. He 
was the author of "Portland in the Past," and of fourteen 
papers read before the Maine Historical Society. Of this body 
he was a member for seventeen years, and was also a frequent 
contributor for the press on historical subjects. He married, 
Sept. 9, 1834, Nabby Tukey Clark, daughter of his former em- 
ployer, Seth Clark. She was born in Portland, May 27, 1816, 
and died at Windham, Sept. 27, 1897. aged 81 years. Hon. 
William Goold died in the house in which he was born, May 22, 
1890. aged 81 years. Mr. and Mrs. Goold had eight children: 

1. Alary Elizabeth, born in Portland, Sept. 20, 1836; mar- 
ried at AVindham, Nov. 11, 1869, George H. Harding. She died 
in Portland, June 12, 1881, aged 44 years. 

2. Abba Louisa, born at Windham, Apr. 30, 1838 ; married 
there, Aug. 14, 1856, Aloses Woolson, then of Portland. He was 
born in Concord, N. H., Dec. 31. 1821; died in Boston, Jan. 17, 
1896. She is widely known as Abba Goold Woolson, an 
authoress and a lecturer on history and literature. 

3. Francis Clark, born at Windham, Mar. 10, 1840 ; married 
at Boston, June 17, 1880, Carrie E. Willard of Boston. He 
served more than a year on the U. S. S. Housatonic in the block- 
ade and bombardment of Charleston, S. C, in 1862-63. He was 
a volunteer, after the expiration of his term of service, in the 
night attack on Fort Sumter in Sept., 1863. He escaped un- 
harmed and now lives in Alassachusetts. 

4. William Willis, born in Biddeford, Jan. 30, 1842; mar- 
ried, June 15. 1870, Louise T. Hitchings. of Portland. 



400 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

5. Nathan, born in Windham, Jan. 8, 1844, died Sept. 25, 
1846. 

6. Nathan, born in Portland, July 8, 1846; married, Nov. 
22, 1871, Elizabeth V. Giddings of Portland; died in 1914. 

7. Ellen, born in Portland, Apr. 7, 1850. 

8. George Mather, born in Portland, ]\Iay 15, 1856 ; married, 
May 11, 1881, Lizzie Sarah Sargent of Portland. 

Another Benjamin Goold came to Windham from Elliott 
later. He was the son of Alexander and Margaret (Emery) 
Goold, and was born Dec. 3, 1782. He was a nephew of the first 
Benjamin Goold in Windham. He married Deborah Hatch, 
about 1805. She died in 1862, aged 72 years. They lived for 
several years in Windham and then moved to Denmark, Me., 
where he died in 1865, aged 82 years. Their children were: 

1. Deborah, born Jan. 1807; married Henry Leach; 

moved to Raymond. 

2. George, born Aug. 25, 1809. 

3. Thaddeus, born July 7, 1812 ; went away when about 
seventeen years old and was never heard from afterwards. 

4. Margaret, born July 15, 1815, married John Smith; went 
to Gray, Me., to reside. 

5. Ambrose, born Sept. 1, 1817; was in the U. S. Navy and 
died in the service, in 1860. 

6. Sarah, born July 11, 1820, married Nelson Babb ; lived 
at North Gorham ; died in 1864. 

7. Rebecca, born Apr. 25, 1825, married, in 1845, Samuel 
Whidden ; lived in Denmark, Me. 

8. Lorinda, born INIay 1, 1828, married Daniel Hutchins; 
lived at East Hiram, Me. 

9. Joseph, born Oct. 2. 1830 ; married Ann P. jNIerrill ; lived 
at Mechanic Falls. 

George, son of Benjamin and Deborah (Hatch) Goold, mar- 
ried three times. His first wife was Mary Ann Rounds of Bux- 
ton. They were married in 1834, (intention entered Mar. 1st 
of that year). Their children were as follows: 

1. Oliver, born June 10, 1835, died 1842. 

2. Abigail R., born Apr. 10, 1836 ; married Joseph T. Jones ; 
died Feb. 26, 1910, aged 73 years. 

3. Mahala R., born Oct. 8, 1837, died Oct. 19, 1842. 



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4. Albert Ames, born Aug. 6, 1839, died Oct. 23, 1842. 

5. Sarah R., born June 9, 1841, married Edwin W. Atkin- 
son. 

6. Oliver Ames, born July 4, 1843, married Lucy, widow of 
Daniel Peaslee. She was the daughter of INIatthias ^lurch, a 
Revolutionary soldier. Oliver Ames Goold died in Boston, Feb. 
23, 1905. Mrs. Mary A. (Rounds) Goold died Nov. 15, 1849, 
aged 40 years; and, in 1851, Mr. Goold married Sarah B., 
daughter of John and Hannah (Bangs) Hamblen of Gorham, 
by w^hom he had one child: 

1. Hannah H., born Dec. 21, 1851; married, in 1869, 
Charles Albert Burrill; had eight children. She was 
burned to death by the explosion of a kerosene lamp several 
years ago. Sarah B., second wife of George Goold, died 
in 1853, and he married, in 1856, Sarah ]\Ioulton of Stan- 
dish, Me. He represented the Town of Windham in the 
Legislature in 1868, and died Dec. 26, 1895, aged 86 years. 
His third wife, Sarah Moulton, died Apr. 25. 1904, aged 86 
years, 8 months. 

Nathaniel, son of Alexander and Margaret (Emery) Goold, 
came from Elliott and lived at Windham Hill, but afterwards 
moved to Denmark. He married, in 1821, Dorcas Varney of 
Windham. He was born in Elliott about 1796. Had two chil- 
dren : 

1. Moses. 

2. Susan. 

Jonathan, son of Alexander and ^Margaret (Emery) Goold, 
was born in Elliott, Sept. 23, 1773 ; came to Windham and mar-> 
ried Charity, daughter of Enoch and Charity (Mayberry) 
Graffam. She died in 1848, aged 53 years, and he married 
Sarah (Graffam) Cobb of Cape Elizabeth. He died Jan. 5, 
1875, aged 81 years. His second wife died in 1894, aged 86. 
They had ten children of whom w^e know nothing. 

Obadiah Goold, was the son of Mussey and Elizabeth Goold 
of Dover, N. H. He was born Apr. 21, 1777, and died July 11, 
1860. He married, Aug. 2, 1798, Mary, daughter of Daniel and 
Anne (Varney) Cook, who died ]\Iar. 21, 1835. He was a grand- 
son of Joseph and Bethiah (Furbush) Goold of Kittery, Me. 



402 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Joseph was a brother to Benjamin, first of that name in Wind- 
ham, and son of John Gold of Taunton, Mass. Obadiah Goold 
was a Quaker minister and was said to be an eloquent speaker. 
He lived at one time at North Windham, but died in Casco. He 
had two children : 

1. Anna, born June 12, 1799 ; married. Mar. 9, 1825, Ezekiel 
Varney. 

2. Isaiah, born Oct. 25, 1801 ; married, Jan. 28, 1835, Katha- 
rine, daughter of Josiah and Nancy (Partridge) Maxfield; they 
had a large family. It was their son, Alpheus Goold, who was 
Town Clerk of Windham, in 1871. 

GALLISON 

Among the original grantees of Windham was Joseph Galli- 
son, a shoreman of old Marblehead. He drew Home Lot No. 29, 
in the first division of lots, but probably did not come here. The 
first of the name to settle in this town, so far as we are able to 
learn, was John Gallison, possibly a son of Joseph. He was born 
in Marblehead, Aug. 6, 1754, and died in Windham, Sept. 6, 
1840, aged 86 years. His wife was Abigail, daughter of Ken- 
elm and Abigail (Bourn) Winslow. She was born in Marsh- 
field, Mass., June 28, 1758, and died in Windham, Apr. 14, 1836, 
aged 73 years. John Gallison settled on a farm near the old 
Congregational meeting-house, it being the same afterwards 
owned by his son, John, Jr. John Gallison, senior, was town 
clerk for sixteen consecutive years. He and his wife, Abigail, 
had nine children, all l3orn in Windliam, and Mr. Gallison 
records their births in the following manner: 

"1. Joseph, born Sept. 23, 1777. 

2. John, born May 31, 1780, forenoon, 6 o'clock. 

3. Abigail, born Mar. 13, 1783, morning. 

4. Winslow, born Apr. 4, 1785, morning, 9 o'clock. 

5. Polly Little, born Nov. 1, 1787, Sunday, 5 o'clock, after- 
noon. 

6. Silvanus, born Jan. 25, 1792. 

7. Charlotte, born Feb. 11, 1794, Tuesday. 

8. Henry, born June 14, 1796, Tuesday. 

9. Elizabeth, born Jan. 27, 1802, Wednesday." 



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John, Jr., son of John and Abigail (Winslow) Gallison, 
entered his intention of marriage with Snsannah Greenleaf, 
Sept. 16, 1815. Their children were as follows : 

1. Winslow, born Apr. 23, 1816, died Feb. 14, 1819. 

2. Henry, born Dee. 15, 1817, died several years ago. His 
wife was Sarah Parker. 

3. John W., born Jan. 8, 1820, died July 17, 1848. 

4. Sarah Cordelia Little, born Aug. 28, 1821 ; died Oct. 20, 
1844; unmarried. 

5. Nancy, born May 6, 1823, married Hiram C. Loveitt. 

6. Susan E,, born July 26, 1825, married Mayberry. 

7. Wellington, born 1828, died Apr. 4, 1851. 

8. Cyrus, lived in Portland. 

9. Oliver, born June 28, 1836. 

John Gallison died June, 1864, aged 84 years. His wife, 
Susannah, died July 25, 1845, aged 53 years. 

Joseph, son of John and Abigail (Winslow) Gallison, was 
born in Marshfield, Mass., Sept. 23, 1777 ; married Hannah 
Atwood. He was a hatter by trade ; lived for a while in Wind- 
ham, where he had one child born. Afterwards he appears to 
have lived in Gorham. From there he went to Norway, Me., 
where he died, Dec. 6, 1867. No date of his wife's death can 
now be found. They had ten children : 

1. Henry, died in childhood. 

2. Hannah A., born July 8, 1810. She was born in Wind- 
ham and married Cyrus Clay. 

3. Abigail W., married Richard Lombard of Gorham, Me. 

4. Sophia, married Jefferson Gushing. 

5. William, married Elvira Young. 

6. Joseph H., married Lovina Hammond. 

7. Charlotte, married Richard Buzzell. 

8. John M., married Sarah A. French. 

9. Edward A., married Belinda True. 

10. Amanda M., married George R. Tourtilldott. 

Polly Little, daughter of John and Abigail (Winslow) Galli- 
son, married. May 1, 1809, Robinson D. Davis. He was then 
"of Windham," and they had one child born here: 

1. John Gallison, born Feb. 17, 1810. 



404 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Probably they had others, but we think that the family left 
town and located elsewhere. 

Charlotte, daughter of John and Abigail (Winslow) Galli- 
son, married, Dec. 29, 1866, James Loveitt. (See Loveitt 
record.) 

Elizabeth, youngest daughter of John and Abigail (Wins- 
low) Gallison, married Nathan Cloudman of Windham. 

Silvanus Gallison entered his intention of marriage with 
Eunice Barker Sept. 26, 1796, and he was then "of Marble- 
head," and she "of Windham." We do not know how he was 
connected witli the other Gallisons in Windham. He may, how- 
ever, have been a brother or cousin to the first John. He and 
his wife, Eunice, had four children born in this town : 

1. John Merchant, born Feb. 20, 1797. 

2. William, born Jan. 14, 1799. 

3. Silvanus, born Oct. 8, 1803. 

4. Eunice Barker, born Feb. 10, 1809. 

Silvanus Gallison, senior, died Feb. 4, 1814. His wife, 
Eunice, died Oct. 14, 1809. 

GRAFFAM 

Among the early settlers of Windham was Caleb Graffam. 
An account of his life will be found in Chapter II. His children 
were : 

1. Peter, born Apr. 3, 1742. 

2. Abigail, born Apr. 11, 1744, m. Joseph Chesley. 

3. Hannah, born Mar. 31, 1746. 

4. Mary, born Oct. 27, 1748, m. Samuel Elder. 

5. Sarah, born Feb. 23, 1751, m. Ezra Brown. 

6. Enoch, born Apr. 14, 1753. 

7. Caleb, Jr., born Sept. 26, 1755. 

8. Rebecca, born May 1, 1757, m. John Elder. 

9. Lois B., born Apr. 30, 1759, m. Robert Mugford. 
10. Elizabeth, born Apr. 30, 1765, m. Samuel Swett. 

Peter, son of Capt. Caleb and Lois (Bennett) Graffam, mar- 
ried, Feb. 16, 1764, Mary Wilson. They were both "of Wind- 
ham," but afterwards went to New Gloucester, and died in that 



GENEALOGY 405 

town. He was a Kevolutionary soldier ; no date of his death 
can now be found. In the Smith Burial Ground can now be seen 
a headstone with this inscription : ' ' Lois Graffam, daughter of 
Capt. Peter Graffam of New Gloucester, died May 21, 1788, aged 
19 years." So it would seem that he retained his affection for 
his native Windham, long after he ceased to reside there. 

Enoch, son of Capt. Caleb, and Lois (Bennett) Graffam, was 
a soldier in the Eevolution. He served 50 months and 13 days; 
was a member of Capt. George Smith's Co., Col. Joseph Vose's 

1st Mass. Regiment. He married, Aug. 1774, Charity, 

daughter of John and Elizabeth (Dennis) Mayberry of Wind- 
ham, settled on a farm in the Mayberry Neighborhood and died 
there. They had twelve children, as follows : 

1. Bathsheba, born Sept. 9, 1774, died Dec. 30, 1837 ; un- 
married. 

2. Hannah, born Aug. 26, 1776, married Jedediah Lovell 
(or Loveitt) of Cape Elizabeth. 

3. Caleb, born Oct. 17, 1780. 

4. Peter, born May 31, 1783. 

5. Enoch, born Aug. 27, 1787. 

6. Rebecca, born Oct. 11, 1789. 

7. Elizabeth, born Mar. 29, 1792. 

8. Charity, born Aug. 31, 1794; married, Jonathan Goold, 
Apr., 1816. 

9. Polly, born Aug. 31, 1794, twin with Charity. 

10. John, born Sept. 16, 1796. 

11. James, born Oct. 21, 1799. 

12. Lois, born July 5, 1802, married John Anderson Lowe. 

Caleb, son of Capt. Caleb and Lois (Bennett) Graffam, 
entered his intention of marriage with Eunice Bailey of Fal- 
mouth, Dee. 22, 1782. We have no record of him, save that it is 
said he settled in Falmouth. 

Caleb, son of Enoch and Charity (Mayberry) Graffam, 
appears on the records as a much-married man. His first wife 
was Polly Joseph, to whom he was married Apr. 2, 1801. She 
died June 11, 1807, leaving at least one child; and, Dec. 1, 1808, 
he married Polly Cloudman of Gorham. She was the daughter 
of Timothy and Katy (Partridge) Cloudman and was born in 



406 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Gorham, July 13, 1779. She died Feb. , 1814, leaving 

three children. His next wife was Rachel Clay, daughter of 
Thomas and Ruth (Gammon) Clay of Gorham. He married 
her, Mar. 17, 1815, and she died Feb. 13, 1816. His fourth and 
last wife was INIary B. Swett, daughter of Capt. Joshua and 
Mary (Bailey) Swett. Their marriage took place, Nov. 4, 1817. 
By her he had a large family. They lived for many years near 
the old North Schoolhouse in Westbrook. 

Peter, son of Enoch and Charity (Mayberry) Graffam, was 
a farmer and settled in Casco. He was twice married, but we 
do not know the names of his wives. We have been informed 
that, by his first marriage, he had children : 

1. William. 

2. Mary J. 

3. James. 

Children by second marriage: 

1. Betsey, married Proctor. 

2. Henry. 

3. Bathsheba, died young. 

4. Mark. 

5. Eliza Ann. 

John, son of Enoch and Charity (Mayberry) Graffam, mar- 
ried Margaret True of Sweden, Me., (intention entered Feb. 
17, 1835). He lived many years on the road leading from the 
River Road to Windham Hill. Had nine children : 

1. Enoch, died in the army. 

2. Addison, married Patience Allen. 

3. Albert. 

4. Peter. 

5. Robert. 

6. Elizabeth, married William H. Allen. 

7. Mary, married Jabez Dickey. 

8. Ann, married Annis Campbell. 

9. Ellen, married Kirkpatriek. 

We do not know the date of Mr. John Graffam 's death, but 
his widow, Margaret, died in Westbrook, July 8, 1895, aged 84 
years. 



GENEALOGY 407 

HACKER 

Jeremiah Hacker was born in Portland, Jan. 27, 1795, and 
died in Windham, Sept. 10, 184-1. He was a Quaker. His wife 
was Sarah, daughter of Noah and Mary (Robinson) Read, to 
whom he was married, in Windham, Sept. 11, 1817. She was 
born Mar. 13, 1798 ; died June 16, 1839. They had ten children, 
all born in Windham, as follows: 

1. Lydia, born July 8, 1818, died May 23, 1821. 

2. ]\Iary Read, born Jan. 26, 1820 ; married Josiah S. Allen 
at Windham, May 1815 ; died in Boston, Mar. 29, 1883. 

3. Emily Ann, born Nov. 22, 1821 ; was the second wife 
of William H. Cook; married at Westbrook, Apr. 29, 1863. 

4. Hannah, born Sept, 16, 1823 ; married at Windham, 
Dec. 2, 1852, Stephen R. AVinslow of Westbrook. 

5. Isaiah Noah, born Mar. 15, 1826 ; married Lydia M. 
Winslow of Westbrook, Mar. 2, 1859. 

6. Francis, born Dec. 16, 1827; married, Nov. 1, 1857, 
Charlotte Hallett of Chatham, Mass. 

7. Lydia, born Nov. 24, 1829, first wife of William H. 
Cook; married at Windham; died Nov. 4, 1859. 

8 Abigail, born Aug. 24, 1832. 
9. An infant, born in 1833, died same year. 
10. Jeremiah Winslow, born Nov. 22, 1834; married Ma- 
linda Ellen Mark, of Superior, Douglass County, Wisconsin. 

Jonathan and ]\Iary Hacker appear on the town records as 
having had five children born in this town. We know nothing 
about this family, save the bare record. The children were: 

1. Oliver, born Aug. 14, 1811. 

2. Mary Ann, born Oct. 7, 1813. 

3. Abigail C, born Apr. 10, 1819. 
4 Sarah, born Mar. 8, 1821. 

5. Moses, born May 19, 1832; died in Windham, June 24, 
1834. 

HALL 

The ancestor of this family in Windham and vicinity was 
Hate Evil Hall. He was born in Dover, N, H., in 1707. He 
married Sarah Furbish of Kittery and moved to Falmouth, Me., 



408 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 



and died there, Nov. 23, 1797, aged 90 years. The date of his 


wife's 


death, we do not know. They had thirteen children : 


1. 


Dorothy. 


2. 


Daniel. 


3. 


Hate Evil. 


4. 


j\Iercy. 


5. 


Ebenezer. 


6. 


Abigail. 


7. 


William. 


8. 


John. 


9. 


Jedediah. 


10. 


Andrew. 


11. 


Nicholas. 


12. 


Paul. 


13. 


Silas. 



Daniel, son of Hate Evil and Sarah (Furbish) Hall, married 
Lorana, daughter of Job and INIargaret (Barbour) Winslow of 
Falmouth. They had the folowing children: 



1. 


Winslow. 


2. 


Mercy. 


3. 


William. 


4. 


Stephen. 


5. 


Eachel. 


6. 


Anna. 


7. 


Betsey. 


8. 


Simeon. 



Hate Evil, Jr., son of Hate Evil and Sarah (Furbish) Hall, 
married Ruth Winslow, sister of his brother Daniel's wife. She 
died, and he married for a second wife Ann Jenkins. His chil- 
dren were : 

1. Job. 

2. Euth. 

3. Sarah. 

4. Hezekiah. 

5. Enoch. 

6. Submit. 

7. John. 

8. Hate Evil. 



GENEALOGY 409 



9. 


Abigail. 


10. 


Nathan. 


11. 


Dorcas. 


12. 


Margaret. 


13. 


Shadrach 



This was probably the Hate Evil Hall mentioned by the 
Kev. Peter T. Smith, as one of the thirty-nine heads of families 
in town at the time of his ordination, in 1762. 

Ebenezer, son of Hate Evil and Sarah (Furbish) Hall, mar- 
ried Hannah, daughter of Abraham and his first wife, Bathshua 
(Farr) Anderson. He was born July 20, 1741, married Oct. 
18, 1764. He died in Gorham, Aug. 6, 1807. No date of her 
death is known to exist. They had eight children, all born in 
Gorham. They were as follows: 

1. Abraham, born Dec. 29, 1765 ; married, first, Elizabeth 
Sanborn, Apr. 18, 1790 ; second, Mary Giles. 

2. Bathshuah, born Aug. 14, 1768, died young. 

3. Isaac, born May 23, 1770 ; married, ]\Iay 19, 1793, Anna 
Whitney. 

4. Dorothy, born Mar. 9, 1772; married, first, Oct. 6, 1791, 
John Woodward; second, Joshua Emery. 

5. Israel, born Mar. 10, 1774, married Abigail Hutchinson, 
(intention entered, Sept. 11, 1795). 

6. Ebenezer, born Sept. 19, 1777; married, Dec. 1, 1799, 
Susannah Hunnewell. 

7. Bathshuah, born Feb. 21, 1781; married Mar. 2, 1805, 
Edmund Hall of Falmouth. 

8. Daniel, born July 29, 1783, married Abigail Bragdon, 

William, son of Daniel and Lorana (Winslow) Hall, married 
Comfort Riggs of Falmouth, in 1790, (intention entered Apr. 
3d of that year, and he was then "of Windham." He was a 
farmer and lived near AVindham Center. He died Oct. 6, 1813. 
Had nine children: 

1. James, born Feb. 2, 1791. 

2. Lorana, born Oct. 29, 1792. 

3. Anna, born Oct. 29, 1792. 

4. Lucy, born Aug. 18, 1794. 

5. Thomas, born May 10, 1797. 



410 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

6. Mercy, born Apr. 17, 1800. 

7. George, born July 25, 1803, d. Mar. 13, 1813. 

8. Harriet, born July 29, 1808. 

9. William Lewis, born June 3, 1811. 

Stephen, son of Daniel and Lorana (AVinslow) Hall, married 
Patience Pattangall of Windham, in 1790. (intention entered 
Dec. 18th of that year). She died Feb. 2-t, 1799. Their chil- 
dren were : 

1. Rachel, born Oct. 15, 1792 ; married Jeremiah Hall, Jr., 
Jan., 1818. 

2. Daniel P., born May -4, 1794. 

3. :\Ioses, born Mar. 19, 1797. 

Stephen Hall's second wife was Nabby Clark, of Windham. 
Their intention of marriage was recorded Dec. 21. 1799. Their 
children were: 

1. Patience, born Dec. 5, 1800. 

2. Louisa, born Oct. 28, 1802, d. June 13, 1806. 

3. Clark, born Jan. 1, 1805. 

4. Louisa, born Mar. 31, 1807. She married, Feb. , 

1827, Hall Staples, and they had these children : 

1. Stephen H., died Oct. 14, 1888. 

2. Albina. married, first, William Hooper ; second, 
Daniel Smith. 

3. Clinton, married Martha Libby and died several 
years ago. 

4. Abbie, who married Edwin H. Walker and died 
Aug. 29, 1908. 

5. Frefland, went to California. 

Mrs. Louisa taples died Nov. 18, 1865, aged 58 years, 6 
months. Hall Staples died Nov. 13, 1873, aged 68 years. 

Winslow, son of Daniel and Lorana (Winslow) Hall, mar- 
ried Mary Hussey, in 1781. Their children, as they appear on 
the town records, were as follows: 

1. Hannah '^orn Dec. 22, 1782, d. June 28, 1793. 

2. Lorana, be, i Dec. 2, 1784, d. Nov. 17, 1787. 

3. Levi, ) / "^ Jan. 28, 1787. 

4. Danie ^. ,i Aug. 17, 1789. 



GENEALOGY 411 

5. Eunice, born Aug. 6, 1792 ; married Dee., 1815, John 
Colley of Falmouth. 

6. Amos, born Sept. 4, 1795. 

7. Paul, born July 31, 1798. 

8. Winslow, born 1800. 

Levi Hall, son of Winslow and Mary (Hussey) Hall, settled 
in Gorham (at Great Falls) and became an influential citizen of 
that town. He married. May 31, 1812, Hannah Harmon of 
Standish. She died July 25, 1813, and he married Jane, daugh- 
ter of Joshua and Tirzah Emery. Had the following children: 

1. Winslow, born Mar. 1, 1815, lived in Dover. 

2. Cyrus, born Dec. 27, 1816, d. in California. 

3. Hannah N., born Jan. 20, 1819 ; married Rev, Almon 
Libby; died at Stroudwater, 1897. 

4. Emeline, born June 5, 1821, d. Sept. 20, 1828. 

5. Joshua E., born Dec. 15, 1823 ; married Lucy A. Kil- 
born, in 1851. 

6. Ellen Jane, born 1826, d. Oct. 10, 1828. 

7. Emeline, married Wm. R. Tapley. 

8. Levi, born Apr. 20, 1832, married Caroline Harding of 
Gorham. 

9. Freeman, born 1834. 

10. John Milton, born Oct. 25, 1836, married Marion 
Whipple. 

Daniel Hall, son of Winslow and Mary (Hussey) Hall, mar- 
ried Margaret Harmon of Standish, in 1815. He lived several 
years in Windham, where he held various town offices and was 
also a State Senator. He at one time, was c^ general in the 
militia. He removed to Gorham, about 1836, a: d carried on the 
business of brick making at the brick yard, £ -out half a mile 
from Great Falls. He went from here to Sebago, where he was 
engaged in lumbering. He died Jan. 9, 1864. His wife, Mar- 
garet, died July 31, 1860, aged 68 years. Their children were: 

1. William M., born Dec. 31, 1815, m. Ann F. Reed of 
Westbrook. 

2. J. Porter, born June 26, 1817, m. S h J. Gammon. 

3. Otis T., born Apr. 30, 1819, m., first, S-^ah M. Harris; 
second, her sister, Harriet E. Harris. .^ 

4. Valentine M., born Apr. 8, 1823, d. ^ r ' ^'2, 1841. 



412 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

5. Abigail H., born May 31, 1824, d. Aug. 18, 1841. 

6. Esther |born Oct. 23, 1826|died young. 

7. Peter R.Jborn Oct. 23, 18265d. in Portland, July 28, 
1869 ; was a lawyer. 

8. Frances, born Dec. 25, 1828 ; lived in Dover. 

9. Maria, born July 26, 1831, d. in Saco. 

10, Helen M., born Nov. 17, 1834, d. Nov. 23, 1852. 

11. Sarah C, born Aug. 27, 1839, m. Noah Ladd. 

Paul Hall, son of Winslow and Mary (Hussey) Hall, married, 
Oct. 12, 1820, Huldah, daughter of Ezekiel Hanson of Windham. 
She was born Oct. 31, 1799. He lived on a farm near Windham 
Center. The dates of their deaths are unknown to us. Had six 
children, as follows: 

1. Augustus Hanson, born July 20, 1821. 

2. Amos Brayton, born Dec. 7, 1822. 

3. Edwin Koss, born Aug. 7, 1821, d. Sept. 6, 1825. 

4. Phinelia Elizabeth, born Nov. 9, 1825. 

5. Mary Ann jMerrill, born Apr. 3, 1827. 

6. George Edward, born Dec. 27, 1829. 

James, son of William and Comfort (Riggs) Hall, married, 

Oct. 1813, Hannah Lowell. They were the parents of 

our respected townsman, who died July 10, 1911, at the great 
age of 90 years and 8 months. 

HANSON 

According to the best information at present obtainable, this 
family originated with one Roger De Astrick, who lived in Eng- 
land, about the year 1251. He appears to have been a person 
of considerable importance, and owned land in various parts of 
Yorkshire, one of his estates being called "Astrick." One of 
his descendants, John de Astrick had a son, Henry, who, in turn, 
had a son, John. In those days, when only Christian names 
were used, the two Johns of Astrick were often confused; and, 
to designate them, the last John came in time to be known as 
Henry 's son ; then as Hen 's son ; and finally as Hanson. This 
is said to be the origin of the name, which came about the year 
1337. How much truth there is in the foregoing statement, we 
have no means .^;'i knowing, but it appears to be the result of an 



GENEALOGY 413 

investigation made by a member of the family many years ago, 
and has been generally accepted as correct. 

John Hanson, a descendant of the aforesaid Roger, left his 
home, when a young man, and went to London to seek his for- 
tune. He had a family, and his son, Thomas, is believed to 
have been the emigrant, who came to this country. 

This Thomas Hanson was granted land near Salmon Falls, 
in 1658, and was admitted a freeman, in 1661. He died, leaving 
a will, in 1666. His widow, Mary, was killed by the Indians in 
the attack on the Waldron Garrison House, on June 28, 1689. 
His son, Thomas Hanson, Jr., was born about 1648, and probably 
lived at Dover, N. H. His wife's name was Mary. No date of 
his death is known to exist, but his will was made in 1710. 

In the next generation was a Thomas Hanson, who was born, 
about 1680. (He may have been a son of Thomas Hanson, Jr.) 
His first wife was ]\Iargaretta Maul ; his second wife was named 

Mary . They were Quakers. He had. by his first wife, 

Robert and Timothy, and possibly other children. Robert mar- 
ried Lydia Varney in 1728, and they were the parents of Elijah 
Hanson, (who was probably the first of the name to settle in 
Windham), Samuel, Jonathan, and lehabod. The others of the 
name who settled in AVindham, were the sons of Timothy, and, 
consequently, nephews of Elijah. 

Elijah Hanson came to Windham, from Dover, N. H., before 
1765, and had a wife named Martha. She died before Sept. 29, 
1796. They were Quakers. He bought his farm in Windham, 
in 1765, and afterwards became a large land owner in the town. 
His first house was a one-story structure and stood in the present 
Quaker School District. During the Hurricane of 1767, it was 
partly turned round. Afterwards he built the two-story house 
(probably on the same lot) , which is known as the "John Hamil- 
ton House," and which was taken down in 1893. In 1817, he 
transferred his entire estate to Peter White. Reuben Robinson, 
and Hannah Hanson, they to care for him during his life. He 
died Feb. 28, 1820. His children were as follows: 

1. Sarah, born Nov. 2, 1766, married, Jan. 1, 1790, Ebene- 
zer Morrell, son of Josiah and Hannah Morrell of Berwick, Me. 
He was born in Berwick, Sept. 22, 1765 ; died Apr. 22, 1842. 



41-1 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

She died Aug. 28, 1835. The Quaker records date their mar- 
riage one day earlier. They were Quakers and lived at Wind- 
ham Hill. Their two-story house was taken down to make room 
for Dr. B, F. Dunn's present residence. 

2. Lydia, (no date of birth to be found), married, Sept. 
29, 1796, Reuben, son of John and Tabitha (Winslow) Robinson, 
He was born in 1770 and died in March, 1833. She died in 
April, 1849. They lived on the farm now (1905) owned by 
Augustus Read. Had children. 

3. Hannah, born about 1774, married, Jan. 11, 1824, John 
Hamilton. He was an Irishman and came to this country, when 
a young man. They lived in her father's house and died there. 
She died ]\Iar. 10, 1847, and the inscription on her headstone 
states her age as 73. Mv. Hamilton married a second wife, ^Irs. 
Hannah Gerrish, and died Oct. 30, 1880. No children by either 
marriage. 

4. Huldah, born about 1776; married, Feb. 25, 1811, Peter 
White, who died Apr. 9, 1851, aged 75 years. She died in 1865, 
aged 89 years, after having been totally blind for more than 
forty years. They lived in the large two-story house near the 
fair-grounds, at Windham Hill. They had two sons, Hanson D. 
and Alexander. Neither of these married, and both are now 
dead. 

5. Elijah, Jr., who died when about 17 years of age. 

Timothy, son of Robert and Lydia (Varney) Hanson, was 
of Dover, N. H. He was engaged in getting masts for the 
British government from Dover and vicinity, before the business 
w^as transferred to Falmouth (now Portland), about 1727. He 
married, first, Sarah Chesley, and second, Keziah Neal, who was 
much younger than himself. It is thought that he came to 
Windham wdth his children ; and, as he was doubtless over sixty 
years of age when they settled here, and as we tind no record of 
any land purchased by him, it is probable that he lived with one 
of his children. His children : 

1. Samuel, born July 8, 1737. 

2. Jonathan, born in 1738. 

3. lehabod, born Sept. 22, 1741. 

4. Hannah, married, Apr. 4, 1782, Joseph Libby. She was 
his second wife. He operated a sawmill at Horse Beef Falls. 



GENEALOGY 415 

and died Feb. 5, 1801. She outlived him several years, and we 
have no record of her death, or of her children, if any. 

5. Keziah, married Jacob Sawyer. 

6. Joanna, married Timothy Varney, about 1770. He 
came from Dover to Windham, and died here, Sept. 14, 1796, 
She died Sept. 22, 1796. His will was dated Mar. 14, 1795, and 
he is said to be the first Varney to settle in Windham. 

Samuel, son of Timothy and Sarah (Chesley) Hanson, born 
July 8, 1737 ; married, at ^ladbury, X. H., in 1759, Hannah 
Jenkins. She was born in 1744 and died in 1828. Her family 
was considered rich in those daj's, and her wedding outfit was 
very fine for the times. They came from Dover, in 1764, and 
lived at Windham Center in the house where John N. Swett 
now (1905) lives. Mrs. Hanson was, for many years, the only 
doctor in the neighborhood, and she rode far and near on horse- 
back with her saddle bags, to attend the sick. He commenced 
the construction of the house, now occupied by Fred S. Hawkes, 
which was finished by his son, W^illiam. He died Mar. 31, 1813, 
Had four children, as follows: 

1. Samuel, died young. 

2. William, born Jan. 18, 1762. 

3. Kezia, born Sept. ■ 1764, married William Elder, 

(intention entered on the Windham town records Dec. 6, 1781). 
They lived near ''Baker's Corner." She died Sept. 8, 1786, 
aged 22 years. He died Nov. 15, 1786, although the town records 
say it was six days later. 

4. Phebe, born in 1765 ; married, Feb. 10, 1785, Moses Hodg- 
don. They moved to Poland. Me., where she died Apr. 18, 1814. 

William, son of Samuel and Hannah (Jenkins) Hanson, 
came to Windham with his parents when but a child. He mar- 
ried, Dec. 8, 1785, ^latilda, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Hunne- 
well) Elder. They lived at Windham Center, in the house 
which his father had partially completed. He died Oct. 29, 
1814, aged 52 years. She was born June 28, 1767 ; died Aug. 15, 
1818. Their children were: 

1. William, born Dec. 7, 1786, died Jan. 18, 1805. 

2. Samuel, born Nov. 14, 1788. 

3. Keziah, born Nov. 22, 1790, married, Sept. 27, 1813, 
Thomas Little. He was born Nov. 27, 1787, and died, in Port- 



416 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

land, June 19, 1857. She died Apr. 24, 1879, aged SS. Had 
children. 

4. Eunice, bom Feb. 4, 1793 ; died Apr. 29, 1883, aged 90 
years; unmarried. 

5. Hannah, born Nov. 7, 1795, d. Dec. 19, 1798. 

6. Isaac Elder, born May 30, 1798, died Jan. 25, 1805. 

7. Hannah, born July 21, 1800, died Jan. 26, 1805. 

8. Eleanor, born Sept. 8, 1803, )died Jan. 26, 1804. 

9. Elijah Elder, born Sept. 8, 1803 ; tmarried, first, Jane J. 
^McLellan ; second, Eunice Estes of Paris, Me. 

10. John, bom Jan. 17, 1805, died Jan. 27, 1805. 

11. Mary Ann, born Jan. 6, 1808, died Feb. 11, 1820. 

Samuel, son of William and Matilda (Elder) Hanson, mar- 
ried, first, in 1828, Statira, daughter of Reuben and Mercy Mor- 
ton. She died Aug. 12, 1836, and he married, Dec. 4, 1845, 
Persis Elizabeth Greeley, daughter Philip Greeley. She died 
June 10, 1883. He died Aug. 25, 1862. He was a merchant 
at AA^indham Hill for about four years, and then moved to Port- 
land. He visited England, and, while there, made investigations 
about the origin of the family and obtained what facts we have 
before given. He was a prominent merchant of Portland, and 
left a good estate. By his first wife he had three children, as 
follows : 

1. Eliza Ann, born Apr. 13, 1829, died June 19, 1859. 

2. Frances Ellen, born Sept. 16, 1830; married, June 22, 
1859, Aaron Lucius Ordway of Providence, R. I. 

3. Mary Caroline, born Mar. 16, 1834; married, Oct. 7, 1858, 
Ira Osmore Miller ; died Nov. 7, 1858. 

Children by second wife: 

1. Samuel, bom Feb. 22, 1847; lives in Boston. 

2. Philip, born Mar. 29. 1849; died June 18, 1853. 

Elijah Elder, son of William and Matilda (Elder) Hanson, 
married, first, Jan. 21, 1826, Jane J. McLellan, daughter of 
Capt. Wm. McLellan of Portland. She died Sept. 28, 1843, 
aged 38 years ; and he married for his second wife, Eunice Estes 
of Paris, Me. She died about 1894. He died in Portland, Apr. 
10, 1876, aged 72 years, and is buried with his second wife at 
Bethel Hill. Eunice Estes was the daughter of Stephen and 



GENE.U.OGY 417 

Nancy (Packard) Estes, and was born Aug. 21, 1822. She mar- 
ried for a second husband John M. Gallison. Children by first 
wife: 

1. Lauretta McLellan, born Dec. 3, 1826, married Augustus 
Fox. He died Jan. 30, 1868, aged 38 years. 

2. William McLellan, born June 25, 1832, married Mrs. 
Elizabeth Richards of South Paris, Me. He died in Portland, 
Feb. 21, 1896, aged 63 years. He served in the Civil War. No 
children. 

Children by second wife: 

1. Albert E., born Nov. 17, 1848; m., Feb. 10, 1880, Mary 
E. Hawkes of Portland; resides there. No children. 

2. Lotta, died in 1874, aged 15 years. 

Jonathan, son of Timothy and Sarah (Chesley) Hanson, 
married, first. Hannah Hoag. second, Sarah Cressey. He came 
to AVindham before 1765, and, in that year, he is called "a 
Housewanght. " He and his wiie were Quakers. The farm on 
w^hich he settled w^as recently owned by Albert Sayward, but 
the house in which he lived was destroyed by fire several years 
ago. Had children : 

1. Timothy, born Sept. 2, 1776. 

2. Nathan, born Feb. 25, 1778. 

3. Joseph, born Dec. 25, 1779. 

4. David, born Aug. 3, 1783. 

5. John, born Sept. 5, 1785. 

6. Jonathan Jr., (by second marriage) born Aug. 18, 1809. 

Jonathan Hanson, senior, died very suddenly while at work 
in his field, July 7, 1818, aged 80 years. 

Timothy, son of Jonathan and Hannah (Hoag) Hanson, 
married, May 1, 1800, Rebecca, daughter of Amos and Deborah 
Hawkes. She was born Nov. 2, 1775, and died in 1858. They 
lived at Little Falls, in the large brick house on the corner of 
:\Iain and Depot Streets. This house Mr. Hanson built about 
1838, and it is now owned by his grand-daughter, ]Mrs. Ada 
]\Iagnusson. He was Selectman in 1827; died in 1855. They 
are buried in Hillside Cemetery near Little Falls. Their chil- 
dren were : 

1. Hannah, born Oct. 10, 1800; married James, son of 



•118 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Edmund and Hannah (^Morton) Wescott of Gorliam. She was 
his second wife. He died Apr. 3, 1870, and she died in 1886. 
No children. 

2. Jonathan, born May 1, 1802; married Eliza Bartlett of 
Portland, (intention entered on the Windham Records, May 26, 
1827). He Ivept a grocery store, first, at Horse Beef, afterwards, 
at Little Falls; moved to Portland, where he died Sept. 12, 1882, 
aged 80 years; no children. 

3. Fanny, born Apr. 27, 1804; d. 1882; unmarried. 

4. Amos, born July 7, 1806. 

5. Jane, born May 1, 1810 ; married, first, June 5, 1831, 
Isaac Woodford of Westbrook. Had one son, Henry, w^ho went 
to California. Her second husband was C. Wesley Harding of 
Gorham. She died Oct. 25, 1886, aged 76 years. 

6. Emily, born Sept. 15, 1814; d. 1884; unmarried. 

7. Mary, born Aug. 19. 1819 ; married George W., son of 
Allen and Lydia (Winslow) Hamblen of Windham. She died 
Feb. 23, 1888. Had one child. Ada, who married J. A. Magnus- 
son. 

Amos, son of Timothy and Rebecca (Haw^kes) Hanson, mar- 
ried, Sept. 29, 1831, Cynthia, daughter of Timothy and Salome 
(Kennard) Robinson. She was born Mar. 18, 1807. She died 
Jan. 20, 1869. He was a Quaker minister. He married, in 1876, 
a second wife, Eliza P. Gilson, a widow. He moved to Portland 
and died there Apr. 28, 1886, aged 79 years. Children, all by 
first wife : 

1. Nathan, born Aug. 12, 1833; married, in 1859, Nettie 
Day. He died Aug. 4, 1876. She was born Apr. 29, 1835, and 
died Aug. 13, 1879. Had children, as follows: 

1. Nathan Elwood, born Jan. 24, 1868. 

2. Mary Ellen, born Nov. 12, 1869, died June 3, 1876. 

2. Mary, born Dec. 30, 1836, died Feb. 20, 1838. 

3. Mary, born Oct. 10, 1839 ; married, July 10, 1858, Edwin, 
son of Josiah and Isabella (Richards) Bodge of Windham. She 
died Ma,y 28, 1864. Had two children, George and Fred, both 
of whom are deceased. 

Joseph, son of Timothy and Hannah (Hoag) Hanson, mar- 
ried, Mar. 18, 1804, Lydia, daughter of Richard and Patience 



GENEALOGY 419 

Hanson, of Dover, N. H. She was born there, Nov. 6, 1786. He 
died Feb. 1, 1866, aged 86 years. They were Quakers, and she 
was doubtless related to her husliand. We are not able to ascer- 
tain the date of her death, but she is said to have been quite 
aged. ^Ir. Hanson was a farmer and lived and died in the 
Knight School District. Their children were : 

1. Cynthia, born :\Iar. 14, 1805; married, Sept. 29, 1839, 
Rev. Sargent Shaw ; had children. 

2. John, born Dec. 25, 1806. died July 24, 1808. 

3. Jane, born Aug. 9. 1809, died Oct. 29, 1809. 

4. Charles, born July 21, 1811 ; died in the West; probably, 
never married. 

5. Elvira, born July 24, 1813, died Sept. 24, 1813. 

6. Noah, born Nov. 14, 1814. 

7. James :\I., born July 6, 1817; d. Dec. 18, 1846; un- 
married. 

8. William, born Nov. 11, 1819; d. about 1880; unmarried. 

9. Louisa, born Oct. 27, 1822, m. Alonzo Cobb. 

10. Ann Maria, born Nov. 27, 1826; d. Dec. 4, 1864; un- 
married. 

11. Oliver, born Apr. 17, 1831. 

Noah, son of Joseph and Lydia Hanson, married, Oct. 29, 
1847, Mary, daughter of James and Hannah (Sylvester) Wins- 
low of Windham. He was in the grocery business in Portland, 
]\Ie. In 1857, he went to Kansas, where he located at Carson, 
Brown County, and died there. May 5, 1899. Had children, as 
follows : 

1. Martha Ellen, born Aug. 23, 1848, married. May 15, 1870, 
Marshall J. Welcome ; had one child. Lillian Luella, born Feb. 
23, 1871. She married, Feb. 24, 1891, Samuel Grant Fitch and 
has two children : 

1. Littie May, born Jan. 23, 1892. 

2. Mattie Florence, born Apr. 7. 1893, died Oct. 29, 
1896. 

Mrs. ^lartha Ellen Wellcome married for her second hus- 
band, Mar. 27, 1887, John E. Mann, and they have one child, 
Mary Edna, born Apr. 12, 1892. 



420 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

2. Howard Byron, born Apr. 12, 1851; married, July 29, 
1872, Rebecca J. Haj'^vard, children: 

1. Elmer Alvin, born Apr. 5, 1873. 

2. Lulu Alberta, born July 12, 1875. 

3. Irving :Milton, born Oct. 4, 1853 ; married, Oct. 4, 1874, 
Lowvicia J. Bobbins. Children: 

1. Frank Pratt, born Aug. 23, 1875, married, Sept. 29, 
1897, Grace Barnum. 

2. Mary Alice, born Jan. 27, 1877 ; married, June 6, 
1894, William B. Mellenburgh. Their children: 

1. Harold Alvin, born Jan. 11, 1895. 

2. Francis Allen, born Dec. 12, 1896. 

4. Walter Herbert, born Mar. 15, 1857 ; married, Sept. 12, 
1882, Alice Sewell. Children: 

1. Walter Claude, born Dec. 2, 1883. 

2. Mabel Lillian, born July 11, 1887. 

5. Oscar Alonzo, born Oct. 1, 1861. 

Oliver, son of Joseph and Lydia Hanson, married, June 9, 
1860, Sarah J., daughter of Samuel and Keziah (Stuart) Libby. 
She was born Sept. 9, 1839, and was living in 1900. They lived 
near the head of the Duck Pond, on her father's farm. Oliver 
Hanson, was instantly killed by lightning, June 18, 1894. 
Children : 

1. Samuel H. 

2. Charles H. 

3. Lester. 

4. Orville. 

Nathan, son of Jonathan and Hannah (Hoag) Hanson, mar- 
ried Dorcas True, probably of Lisbon, Me. (no date). She died 
about 1830, and he was twice married after her decease ; but 
who his last wives were, I am not informed. He settled, first, 
in West New Portland, Me.; afterwards lived at Kent's Hill. 
From there he removed to Lowell, Mass., where he died, but the 
date is unknown. Had eleven children, all by his first wife : 

1. Hannah. 

2. Nathan T. 

3. Mary. 

4. Sarah, d. in 1828. 



GENEALOGY 421 

5. Ruth, born — 1810, died 1895. 

6. John, born 1812, died 1887. 

7. William, born 1814, died 1852. 

8. Dexter B., lived in Boston. 

9. The ninth child was Paulina, born, 1818, died 

1843. 

10. Susan B., born 1821 ; married, first, Mr. 

Emery; second. Col. Lee Strickland; lived in Auburn, Me. 

11. Leonard P., born 1823, died 1898. 

William, son of Nathan and Dorcas (True) Hanson, born 

Aug. 30, 1814, married Alma Louisa Morse, daughter of Col. 
Elias Morse . of Livermore, Me. ; lived at West New Portland, 
and at the Forks; went to California in 1849. He died in 
Lowell, IMass., June 30, 1852. His children were as follows: 

1. Flora, born Sept. 14, 1839, d. May 6, 1842. 

2. William Henry, born Nov. 8, 1840. 

3. Samuel Vose, born Aug. 10, 1842, d. July 30, 1885. 

4. Llarriet S., born Feb. 6, 1844, d. Jan. 19, 1883. 
William Henry, son of William and Alma Louisa (]\Iorse) 

Hanson, married, Nov. 26, 1868, Lydia M. Walker of Embden, 
Me. They lived in Skowhegan. Their children were : 

1. Alma L., born Oct. 15, 1869, d. Feb. 12, 1884. 

2. Emma Stewart, born Oct. 6, 1871. 

3. William Henry, Jr., born Feb. 4, 1876, died Jan. 9, 1880. 
Emma Stewart, daughter of William Henry and Lydia M. 

(Walker) Hanson, married, Oct. 10, 1894, Edward Archer 
Bartmess. They lived, about 1900, at Yonkers, N. Y. 

Jonathan, Jr., son of Jonathan and his second wife Sarah 
(Cressey) Hanson, married first, in 1837, Hannah Hussey of 
Ware, N. H. His second wife was Julia Atkins of Deering, Me. 
By his first wife he had one son, Henry, who went to Texas. 
Possibly there were other children. He was a farmer and lived 
near Windham Center; afterwards moved to Deering and died 
there, June 15, 1877, aged 67 years, 

Ichabod, son of Timothy and Sarah (Chesley) Hanson, mar- 
ried, about 1762, Abigail, daughter of Ichabod and Elizabeth 
Hayes of Dover, N. H. He probably came to Windham, between 
1760 and 1765, He was reared a Quaker, but seems to have 
apostatized, as we find on the Windham Church Book the fol- 



422 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

lowing entry made by Rev. Peter T. Smith: "Jan. 6, 1765, Bap- 
tized Ichabod Hanson, an adult person (educated a Quaker), 
and his son Ichabod, of Abigail his Avife." He was Selectman 
in 1774, 1775, and 1776. He was First Lieutenant in Capt. 
Isaac Parsons 's Co., Col. Joseph Prime's Regiment, and served 
over eight months on the Penobscot Bay, in 1780, for which ser- 
vice the town voted him tw^o hundred dollars per month, in the 
depreciated currency of the country. His farm was the one 
afterwards owned by his son, Ichabod, Jr., and later by his 
grandson, Joshua Hanson. He appears to have been an upright 
and honorable man and w^as greatly esteemed by his fellow 
townsmen. The Rev. Paul Coffin, first minister of Buxton, 
writes in his diary, under date of Aug. 18, 1800, as follows: 
"Rode to Windham, and lodged with Ichabod Hanson, who has 
had eleven children and never gave one a blow, and twenty 
grandchildren and never lost one." He died July 5, 1818, aged 
76 years. His wife, Abigail, died Jan. 19, 1819, also aged 76. 
They are buried, with many of their descendants, in the Knight 
Cemetery, near the farm on which they settled. Their children 
were as follows : 

1. Ichabod, Jr., born Aug. 1764. 

2. Ezra, born Mar. 20, 1766. 

3. Ezekiel. born Nov. 6, 1767. 

4. Daniel, born Nov. 9, 1769 ; married, in 1793, Hannah 
Hicks of North Yarmouth. He was a tanner ; lived in "Windham 
in 1795, and in Lisbon, Me., in 1803. 

5. Abigail, born Aug. 18, 1771 ; married, Jan. 23, 1813, 
Nathaniel Hatch of Falmouth. 

6. Samuel, born Jan. 22, 1773; died in Durham, in 1803; 
unmarried. 

7. Sally, born Oct. 4, 1774; married, Mar. 17, 1799, Dr. 
John Converse of Durham. He was the first physician to settle 
in Durham, and w^as highly esteemed. He died there Dec. 5, 
1815, aged 45 years. He is buried at Durham, and his head- 
stone bears the following quaint epitaph : 

"Thousans of journies night and day 
I've traveled, weary all the way, 
To heal the sick, but now I 'm gone 
A journey never to return." 



GENEALOGY 423 

Dr. Converse 's children were : 



1. 


Orrilla. 


2. 


Veranus. 


3. 


Sally. 


4. 


Mary. 


5. 


IMinerva. 


6. 


John Harris. 


7. 


Elizabeth. 


8. 


Harriet Laura. 



Possibly ^Irs. Sally (Hanson) Converse, married for a second 
husband, on July 9, 1817, Seth Chandler of Minot, Me. 

8. Betsey, born May 6, 1776 ; married, Jan. 24, 1796, 
Joshua Roberts. He died Sept. 4, 1803. Their children were: 

1. Betsey, born in 1796. 

2. Rebecca, born May 12, 1800. 

3. Nabby, born Sept. 30, 1803. 

Mr. Roberts may have contracted a second marriage. 

9. Enoch, born May 15,- 1778. 

10. Moses, born Jan. 10, 1780. 

11. Benaiah, born Oct. 18, 1781. 

Ichabod, Jr., son of Ichabod and Abigail (Hayes) Hanson, 
married, Sept. 13, 1784, Annie, daughter of Jacob and Dorothy 
(Jones) Eliott. He came to Windham, from Salisbury, Mass., 
about 1764. Ichabod Hanson, Jr., lived on his father's farm 
and died there, May 28, 1853, aged 88 years. His wife, Anne, 
was born June 10, 1761, and died Mar. 23, 1853. They had ten 
children, as follows: 

1. Sarah, born Apr. 23, 1785, d. Aug. 17, 1804, aged 19. 

2. Thomas, born Mar. 25, 1787. 

3. Anna, born 1789, married, 1810, Con- 
verse Knight of Portland. He was lost at sea. She died Aug. 
28, 1831, aged 42 years. 

4. Dorcas, married Abial Kendricks of Boston. Had 
children. 

5. Lydia, born about 1793, married, in 1819, Nathaniel 
Walden of Westbrook.^She died Mar. 5, 1837, aged 44 years. 
He died Mar. 10, 1870, aged 78 years. 



424 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

6. Betsey, born Feb. 7, 1795; married, in 1810, Ichabod 
Powers. She died Sept. 26, 1821. Had five children. 

7. Abigail, born Sept. 2, 1797; married, Oct. 1, 1815, 
Daniel Hall of Gray, Me. He was born May 4, 1794, and died 
Aug. 18, 1871. She died July 9, 1883, aged 85. They had 
children. 

8. Mary, married John Clapp. 

9. Rufus, married, in 1833, ]Mary Ann Strout of Windham. 
He died in Biddeford. 

10. Joshua, born Nov. 18, 1803. 

Thomas, son of Ichabod, Jr., and Anne (Elliott) Hanson, 
married, first, Dec. 18, 1814, Hannah, daughter of James and 
Edna (Knight) Growen of Westbrook. She was born Oct. 24, 
1787, and died Mar. 21, 1841. His second wife was Mrs. Eliza 
Kingman, to whom he was married in Sept., 1843. He lived at 
Windham Center, and the site of his house is now (1899) owned 
by his grandson, George B. Hanson. He was a very energetic 
man, fond of hunting and fishing, and is mentioned by Haw- 
thorne in his Journal kept at RajTuond. He lumbered near 
Lake Sebago, and, in 1828 or 9, excavated a section of the Cum- 
berland and Oxford Canal, through a deep rock cut. In 1834, 
he blasted out the ledge where the Post Office in Portland stands ; 
and, in 1839, cut a canal through a high ledge for the Saco 
Water Power Co. in Biddeford. In 1847 he purchased 30,000 
acres of timber land in Bartlett, N. H., where he moved and en- 
gaged in the lumber business. He died there, Jan. 28, 1872, 
aged 84 years, .10 months. He was brought to Windham and 
buried by the side of his first wife in the Knight Burial Ground, 
that being his expressed desire. Children: 

1. James Gowen, born Apr. 23, 1816. 

2. William Henry, born Feb. 26, 1818 ; married, first, Mary 
Davis ; second, June 3, 1852, Juliette Smith of Standish, Me. ; 
lived in Biddeford; died Dec. 12, 1890, aged 72. 

3. Edwin Winslow, born Sept. 1, 1820; married, first, 
Almira Knight of Gray ; second, Drusilla Roberts ; lived in Bid- 
deford. 

4. John Waterman, born Sept. 1, 1820; married jNIary Ann 
Perkins ; died in 1 892 ; lived in Biddeford. 



GENEALOGY 425 

5. Levi Gowen, born June 3, 1822 ; married Lucinda Thomp- 
son ; lived in Biddeford. 

6. Betsey Ann, born Mar. 20, 1824, d. Sept. 3, 1826. 

James Gowen, son of Thomas and Hannah (Gowen) Hanson, 
married, July 16, 1843, Marcia Bishop, daughter of George 
Bishop, who lived for many years at Morrill's Corner, West- 
brook. He died May 28, 1873. He went to California in 1850 
and remained there about four years; and again, in 1867, re- 
maining about three years more. After his return he lived on 
the farm near Windham Center, now owned by Frank N. 
Hawkes. His wife was living in 1898. Children: 

1. Julia Ann, born Oct. 12, 1844; married, July 4, 1869, 
Jason Pride. They had two daughters, Alice Bishop and 
Edith G. 

2. George Bishop, born Dec. 9, 1846 ; married Mary Emily 
Sturges, Nov. 30, 1871. She was a daughter of James and 
Louisa (Cook) Sturges. She was born Feb. 2, 1850. Have four 
children, as follows: 

1. Fred Sturges, born Mar. 29, 1873, died young. 

2. Harry Willard, born Oct. 24, 1876. 

3. Susan Marie, born Sept. 15, 1883. 

4. Marion Sturges, born Oct. 18, 1889. 

Joshua, son of lehabod, Jr., and Anne (Elliott) Hanson, 
married, Feb. 22, 1827, Sally Hill of Saco. She was born Dec. 
1, 1805, and died Jan. 11, 1884. He lived on his grandfather 
lehabod 's farm, where he died Nov. 30, 1880. He and his wife 
are buried in the Knight Cemetery near his home. Their chil- 
dren were: 

1. Betsey Ann, born May 12, 1828 ; married, Dec. 14, 1851, 
Charles Jones, son of Elisha. He was born in 1825, died in 1889. 
She died July 2, 1853 ; left a daughter, Annie, who died when a 
young girl. They lived at Windham Center. Mr. Jones was 
Lieutenant in the 25th ]\Iaine Regt. 

2. George F., born Jan. 8, 1830. 

3. Stephen Converse, born Dec. 29, 1831, d. May 13, 1834. 

4. Hiram, born May 5, 1834; married Eunice Smith of 
Standish ; died May 19, 1893. 

5. Sarah, born May 3, 1836 ; married, Jan. 22, 1861, Mark 



426 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Jordan, of Windham ; lived at East Deering. ^Ir. Jordan died 
a few years ago. They had children. 

6. Charles H., born May 4, 1838 ; married, Apr. 4, 1865. 
Hannah J. Tibbets of Sanford, Me. He died in Biddeford, Apr. 
6, 1884. 

7. Emily, born :\Iay 24, 1840 ; died in Westbrook, Feb. 24. 
1898 ; unmarried. 

8. Franklin, born May 5, 1842; married, Nov. 20, 1872, 
Elsie B. Seavey of Saco. He served in the 25th Maine Regiment. 

9. Jason, born May 13, 1845, married Emma Devereaux 
of Castine, Me. He served in the 15th, 17th, and 25th ]\Iaine 
Regiments, during the Civil War. He died Nov. 20, 1881. He 
was 6 feet, 5 inches in height. 

10. Mary Frances, born May 24, 1848. died when about six- 
teen years of age. 

George F., son of Joshua and Sally (Hill) Hanson, married, 
Mar. 21, 1852, Eliza, daughter of Andrew and Sally (Manson) 
Bodge of Windham. He died Sept. 1, 1855, aged 25 years. 
Had children, as follows: 

1. George F., Jr., born 1853. died Mar. 31, 1857,. 

aged 4 years, 3 months. 

2. Annie, born Apr. 23, 1854, died Aug. 3, 1864. 

3. Stephen Converse, born 1855, died Feb. 23, 1856, 

aged 8 months. 

Mrs. Eliza (Bodge) Hanson, married for a second husband, 
Albion P. Murch of Baldwin, and died several years ago. 

Ezra, son of Ichabod and Abigail (Hayes) Hanson, married, 
Aug. 3, 1786, Catharine Hanscom of Gorham. She died Jan. 12, 
1838, aged 72 years. He died Aug. 30, 1843, aged 77 years. 
He bought, in 1787, Lot 69, in the second division of hundred- 
acre lots in Windham ; and, in 1795, he added to it a part of 
Lot No. 68. He first built a log house by the road and, later, 
the two-story house, now (1904) standing near the Ireland Dis- 
trict. The house and farm buildings are fully half a mile from 
the town road, and, in 1899, were owned by Mr. George AV. 
Willey. The farm contains about 230 acres of excellent land, 
many acres of which, a few years ago, were covered with a mag- 
nificent growth of wood and timber. His children : 

1. Salome, born June 7, 1789, m. John Rice of Gorham. 



i 



GENEALOGY 427 

2. Stephen, bora Oct. 6, 1790. 

Stephen, son of Ezra and Catharine (Hanscom) Hanson, 
married, first, in 1830, May C. Putney. (She died June 30, 
1831, aged 23 years). His second wife was Hannah Frank. 
She died May 29, 1838, aged 25 years. His third wife was Han- 
nah Kilborn, to whom he was married Nov. 3, 1842. She died 
June 10, 1873, aged 75 years. He lived on his father's farm in 
the primitive manner of his forefathers. He had neither paper 
nor paint on the inside of his house, had no stoves, but used the 
old-fashioned fire place with its huge crane ; and, it is said, the 
fire on his hearth never went out for thirty years. He lived 
about half a mile from any town road, went from home only 
when actually necessary, and took but little interest in the affairs 
of others. He was naturally reticent and somewhat eccentric, 
but had the respect of his townsmen, and was known to have 
been an honest and upright man. Pie died Dec. 23, 1872, aged 
82 years, and is buried in his private yard on his farm. He left 
the town one hundred dollars in trust, the income of which is 
to be spent in caring for his family lot. Rev. Luther Wiswall, 
in his list of funerals, writes as follows: "Dec. 25, 1872, Funeral 
of Stephen Hanson, aged 82 years, 2 months, 17 days. He died 
in the house in which he was bora, and never slept in any other 
house but two nights. ' ' He had but one child, Cyrus, who died 
Apr. 23, 1840. aged 2 years. 

Ezekiel, son of Ichabod and Abigail (Hayes) Hanson, mar- 
ried, Apr. 29, 1794, Mary Plummer. She was born Aug. 4, 1776, 
and died I\Iar. 14, 1868, aged 91 years. He lived on the farm 
owned by the late Albion P. Ayer, below Windham Center. He 
died Feb. 13, 1848, aged 80. Had children, as follows: 

1. Lydia, born about 1795; married. Mar. 21,' 1815, David 
S. Hall. She died May 27, 1845. 

2. Fannie, born about 1796 ; married, Feb. 5, 1818, Amos 
Hall. He died Nov. 27, 1832, aged 37 years. She died Dec. 2, 
1827, aged 32 years. 

3. Robert, born in 1798. 

4. Huldah, born Oct. 31, 1799, married Oct. 12, 1820. He 
died Feb. 8, 1867, aged 68 years, and she married for a second 
husband George P. Holden of Otisfield, ]\Ie, 

5. Benaiah, born in 1801, died July 7, 1825. 



428 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

6. Darius, died young. 

7. Mary, died young. 

8. Lovisa, born June 1, 1805 ; married, in June, 1832, 
Thomas, son of Benjamin and Ruth (Roberts) Hawkes. He 
died Jan. 31, 1861, aged 53. She died Dec. 10, 1893, aged 88. 
They lived at Windham Center on the place, where Jason 
Knight now (1904) lives. 

9. Edmund, born :\Iar. 17, 1808. 

10. Jason, born Feb. 22, 1810. 

11. Veranus C, born about 1813 ; married, in 1836, Eliza, 
daughter of John Lowell of "Windham. She died Apr. 24, 1885, 
aged 75. He died May 14, 1871, aged 58 years. They lived 
first, in Windham ; then moved to Portland, where he was a shoe 
manufacturer. No children. 

12. Harriet H., born Feb. 10, 1814 ; married, ]\Iay 20, 1834, 
Peter Trickey. He was born Jan. 31, 1804, and died Apr. 26, 
1892. They lived at Great Falls, where some of their sons now 
(1905) reside. 

13. Lorenzo D., born about 1816. 

14. Amelia, born about 1819 ; married, first, Fraiildin, son 
of Benjamin and Ruth (Roberts) Hawkes of Windham. He was 
killed Oct. 12, 1855, by a powder mill explosion at Gambo ; his 
age was 43 years. She married for a second husband, Horatio 
G. Griffin of Portland. 

Robert, son of Ezekiel and Mary (Plummer) Hanson, mar- 
ried, in 1826, Hannah, daughter of Thomas and Dorcas Merrill 
of Windham. She died i\Iay 7, 1887, aged 82 years. He kept 
the tavern at Windham Center, and is said to have been the first 
man in that business in the town to stop selling intoxicating 
liquor. He went to Pride's Bridge in 1836, to Allen's Corner 
in 1848, to Saccarappa in 1850, and to Portland in 1852, where 
he died, Aug. 6, 1865, aged 67 years, 6 months. He carried on 
the trucking business in Portland, where he was deacon of a 
church, and a respected citizen. His children were: 

1, Arabella, born about 1827 ; married Reuben Waterhouse 
of Gorham ; lived in South Meriden, Conn. 

2. Mary Ann, born about 1828; married, in 1850, Charles 
Gooding; lived in Portland. He died Apr. 10, 1856, aged 28 
years. She died Mar. 25, 1853, aged 24 years. 



GENEALOGY 429 

3. Charlotte, born about 1830; married Charles W. Elwell 
of Westbrook; both are deceased. 

4. Benaiah, born in 1833, died at the age of 17. 

5. Elbridge Merrill, born in 1835; married, in 1855, Lucy 
A. ]\IcKenney. He served in the 1st D. C. and 1st Maine Cavalry 
about one year. Had two children: 

1. Eugene Melnot, 

2. Myra Belle. 

6. Harriet jNIerrill, born in 1837, died in 1852. 

7. Francis Blanchard, born Oct, 27, 1838 ; married, Jan. 5, 
1859, Sarah D. Prince of Portland ; was in the trucking business 
in Portland. Children : 

1. Kobert Prince. 

2. Francis B., Jr. 

3. Philip. 

8. Juliette, born in 1840, died in Jan., 1854. 

9. Ezekiel Hayes, born Nov. 30, 1842 ; married, July 11, 
1867, Mary M. Cox. He was in the trucking business with his 
brother, Francis, in Portland. He lived at East Deering, and 
was an alderman of the City of Deering. He served three 
years in the 10th and 29th Maine Volunteer Infantry during the 
Civil War. Had four children, as follows: 

1. Harry Hayes. 

2. Charles Ford. 

3. Maude Merrill. 

4. Fanny May. 

Edmund, son of Ezekiel and Mary (Plummer) Hanson, 
married, about 1832, Rachel D. Smith. She was born Dec. 19, 
1813, and died July 6, 1897, aged 84 years, 6 months, 16 days. 
They were married in Bridgton, where they lived eleven years. 
They then moved to Windham, and lived for several years, on 
the farm recently owned by the late Samuel R. Kemp, at the 
head of the Duck Pond. Afterwards they moved to Gambo, and 
lived where his son, Melvin H., now resides. He died at Gambo, 
Feb. 28, 1884, aged 76 years. Had six children, as follows: 

1. Frank Deblois, born Sept. 17, 1834; married, first, 
Lorette Hilton ; second, Alice Foster. They had eight children. 



430 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

2. Newell Plumnier, born May 14, 1836, married in 1856. 
He died Feb. 10, 1902. Had seven children. 

3. j\Iary Elizabeth, born Apr. 12, 1838, married, first 
George Dennett. Had two children. Her second husband was 
Thomas Nelson. 

4. Veranus Converse, born Dec. 31. 1839, married first, in 
1862, Augusta Grossman ; second Edna Leavitt. Had five chil- 
dren. 

5. ^Melville Hubbard, born Oct. 11, 1851, married Hermia 
Jackman. He lived on his father's place at Gambo ; had two 
children : 

1. Edmund V. 

2. Bertha J., deceased. 

6. Ada F., born Mar. 8, 1859, died June 3, 1859. 

Jason, son of Ezekiel and ^Nlary (Plummer) Hanson, mar- 
ried, Oct. 1, 1839, Isabella, daughter of James and Eunice 
(Stuart) Mcintosh of Windham. She died Mar. 18, 1892, aged 
72 years. He first lived at "Windham on his father's farm, and 
was a Selectman for five years. The last years of his life were 
spent in Portland, where he died July 19, 1880, aged 70 years. 
Children, as follows: 

1. Ferdinand, died ]\lar. 19, 1842, aged 19 months. 

2. Warren, born Dec. 26, 1842; married, July 23, 1867, 
Susan J. Shillings of Portland. She died June 16, 1873, aged 
34 years. He served in the 25th ]\Iaine Regt., and died Feb. 20, 
1874, aged 33 years. They had twins, Susie ^lay and Edgar H., 
both of whom died in 1873, when a few months old. 

3. Ellen E., born May 3, 1845; married, Dec. 12, 1872, 
James B. Jameson of Portland. He died Aug. 5. 1893, aged 49 
years. She died in Portland, Nov. 14, 1896. They had no 
children. 

4. James M., born Oct. 29, 1847; unmarried; lived in Port- 
land. 

5. Albert Trickey, died Oct. 31, 1852, aged 15 months. 

Lorenzo, son of Ezekiel and Mary (Plummer) Hanson, mar- 
ried. Mar. 3, 1839, Hannah Bragg. She died July 15, 1887. He 
was a shoe dealer in Portland, where he died Sept. 16, 1857, 
aged 41 years. Had children: 



GENEALOGY 481 

1. Georgiana, born Aug. 27, 1838. 

2. George Henry, born Oct. 14, 1842; married, in 1862, 
Julia M. Ware. He died in Cleveland, 0., Apr. 7, 1891, aged 
48 years. His widow contracted a second marriage. 

3. Charles W., born Aug. 30, 1844; married, July 12, 1868, 
Abbie Sarah Libby of Portland. She was born Feb. 7, 1844. 
He is a clergyman, and was, at one tim.e, pastor of a church at 
Damariscotta, Me. 

Enoch, son of Ichabod and Abigail (Hayes) Hanson, mar- 
ried. May 13, 1810, Susan Hobbs. She was born in Falmouth, 
about 1790. He died June 8, 1840, aged 62 years; and she mar- 
ried, June 20, 1843, William Kyle of Rumford, and died June 
17, 1858, aged 68 years, 6 months. Enoch Hanson first lived on 
the Sayward place, below^ Windham Center, near Calley 
Wright's Brook; and, soon after 1816, moved, it was said, to 
Otisfield. He lived at Greenwood, ]\Ie., in 1821. Had children: 

1. William Porter, born July 11, 1811. 

2. ^lary Hobbs, born Aug. 17. 1813, in Windham. 

3. James Haze, born Feb. 10, 1816. in Windham; married 
and had eight children. 

4. Dorcas AValker, born Alar. 22, 1821, in Greenwood; mar- 
ried a Mr. Frank. 

5. Annie Alarston, born Oct. 27, 1830, in Greenwood ; mar- 
ried Aaron Virgin Farnum of Rumford. Ale. Had no children. 

William Porter, son of Enocli and Susan (Hobbs) Hanson, 
married, first, Fidelia, daughter of Virgil Wight. She died in 
1859, and he married for a second wife Airs. Eunice (Loveitt) 
Johnson. He came to South W^indham, about 1857. where he 
lived until about, 1866. He died in Aug.. 1879, aged 62 years. 
Had seven children, all by his first wife, viz. : 

1. Amos Hobbs, born in 1836. He served in the 1st Alaine 
Regt., and also in the 9th Alaine Regt., of which he was fife 
major. At the assault on Fort AA^agner, on Alorris Island, S. C. 
July 17, 1863, he was instantly killed by a shell. He was un- 
married. 

2. Esther B., married, first. Alonzo AIcKenney, and had one 
child, Angie ; married for a second husband Samuel L. Brackett. 
Had two daughters, Leonice and Alice; lives now (1905) at 
South Windham. 



432 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

3. ]\Iary Elizabeth, married, first, Thomas Spiller of Caseo, 
second, James Strout of Eaj^inond, ]\Ie. 

4. George Kendall, born in 1841, married Ann Brackett 
of Caseo. He served three years in the 4th INIaine Battery. 
Had two daughters, Georgie, who married Charles Phinney, and 
Josephine, who married. May 22, 1897. John C. Nichols. 

5. Lyman Wight, born Aug. 28, 1843 ; married, :\Iay 4, 1870, 
Lucinda, daughter of Royal T. S. Currier. He served four years 
and nine months in the 15th Maine Regt. He was a carpenter 
and lived in Portland. 

6. William Edward, married, in 1869, ^Martha Varney of 
Portland. He served about four years in the 12th Me. Regt. 

7. Chai'les Augustus, born Mar. 3, 1850; married, in 1875, 
Mary Coughlin of Caseo. He is now (1905) a contractor and 
builder in Portland. 

Moses, son of lehabod and Abigail (Hayes) Hanson, mar- 
ried, first, Jan. 22, 1801, Sally, daughter of Capt. Abner and 
Mercy (Paine) Lowell. She was born Aug. 7, 1772, and died 
May 28, 1832. He married, second, June 5 or 13, 1836, Betsey 
Waterhouse of Westbrook. He lived on the Sayward farm, 
on the banks of Calley Wright's Brook, near Windham Center; 
then at Gambo ; and later at Stroudwater. He was a Quaker. 
He died Apr. 17, 1858, and was buried by the side of liis first 
wife at Windham. His children, all by first wife were : 

1. Daniel Lowell, born May 3, 1803; married, Oct. 4, 1827, 
Mary E. Sawyer of Westbrook. She died Sept. 26, 1873, aged 
58 years. He lived at Back Cove, Deering ; had sons, Alonzo and 
Alfred. 

2. Celia L., born May 11, 1805; married, July 20, 1836, 
Alpheus Waterhouse, who died July 3, 1863. She died Jan. 
20, 1873. They lived at Stroudwater and had four children. 

3. Lewis, born Nov. 6, 1806; married, in 1833, Rebecca, 
daughter of Capt. Joshua and Mary (Bailey) Swett of Gorham. 
He lived at Gambo, where he died July 24. 1874. His wife died 
July 3, 1880, aged 71. They had no children. Lewis Hanson, 
was an honest, upright man, but rather eccentric, and was 
known among his acquaintances as "old December." His farm 
is now (1905) owned by his wife's nephew, Edmund D. ^lay- 
berrv. 



GENEALOGY 433 

4. George, bora May 10, 1808, died Feb. 5, 1821. 

5. :\lary Ann, bom Apr. 15, 1810, died Dec. 18, 1834. 

6. John Lowell, born Feb. 15, 1813, married, first, Charlotte 
Kelley of Saco, Mar. 20, 1840; second, on Dec. 25, 1849, Kowena 
P. "Willard of Kennebunk. 

7. ]\Ioses, born Jan. 28, 1816. married Frances Kelley of 
Saco. He lived in Boston, and died soon after his marriage. 
Had no children. 

Dr. Benaiah Hanson, son of Ichabod and Abigail (Hayes) 
Hanson, married, ]\Iar. 7, 1801, Abigail, daughter of Joseph 
and Abigail Woodman of Buxton, Me. She was born June 25, 
1785, and died Nov. 6, 1861. He attended the old Fryeburg 
Academy, and the Phillips Exeter Academy. Studied medicine 
with Dr. Converse of Durham and Dr. David Hosack of New 
York. He was in Windham, in 1809, and at North Yarmouth 
in 1812, in which year he was commissioned, as a Lieutenant 
in the 33d LT. S. Infantry, but he never entered active service. 
At about this time he moved to Paris, Me., but was at Middle- 
bury College in 1814. He was preceptor of an academy in 
Stroudsburg, Penn., in 1821 ; and, the next year, he was in New 
York City. In 1827, he moved to western New York and died 
in York, Medena County, Ohio, on Nov. 1, 1858. He appears 
to have been one of those restless mortals who have, in all ages, 
been the pioneers of civilization. His children were : 

1. Jane ]\Iaria, said to have been born in Paris, Me., Dec. 
31, 1811. 

2. Samuel W^oodbury, born Mar. 20, 1813, in Hollis, Me. 

3. Julia Ann, born July 28, 1818, in Waybridge, Vt. 

4. Frances May, born Aug. 20. 1829. in Fowlerville, N. Y. 

HARDY 

The ancestor of all bearing this name in Windham and 
vicinity was Isaac Hardy. Where he came from originall.y, we 
do not know positively, but quite likely it was from Rowley, 
Mass., where the name has been a common one for many years. 
He appears to have lived in Falmouth at first, and two children 
were born there. He came to Windham about the year 1766 
and settled on the Main or River Road. His house stood a few 
rods north from the residence of the late Col. Edward Anderson, 



434 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

where the remains of his old cellar can yet be seen. His wife's 
name was Susannah. ^Ir. Hardy died in Windham, Oct. 3, 
1820, aged 85 years. No record can be found of his wife's death. 
They liad eight children : 

1. William, born Mar. 6, 1764, in Falmouth. 

2. Eleanor, born Nov. 2, 1765, in Falmouth ; married in 
1790. Nathaniel Wescott. (intention entered Aug. 14, of that 
year). 

3. Lucy, born Mar. 31, 1768, died Aug. 25, 1772. 

4. Susannah, born ^lar. 6, 1771, married Daniel Hardy of 
Bratlesened (wherever that was), in 1799. 

5. Moses, born Jan. 8, 1773. 

6. Daniel, born June 8, 1775. 

7. Thomas, born July 11, 1777. 

8. Eliphalet, born Mar. 31, 1780. 

Closes, son of Isaac and Susannah Hardy, married Jane 
Cambell of Windham. Apr. 29, 1801. Settled in Windham. 
Had no children. 

Thomas, son of Isaac and Susannah Hardy, married Pris- 
cilla Merrill of Falmouth, in 1806. He enlisted in the regular 
army in the War of 1812 and died in the service. His children: 

1. Benjamin, born Oct. 31, 1807. 

2. Susannah, born :\lar. 7, 1809. 

3. Oliver, born Feb. 15, 1811, d. Feb. 3, 1893. 

4. Thomas, born .Mar. 31, 1813. 

Daniel, son of Isaac and Susannah Hardy, was by trade a 
cabinet maker, and also a farmer. He married Hannah ^lars- 
ton, and lived near the Duck Pond Village, the farm being now 
owned by his grandson, James Hardy. He died, where he set- 
tled, many years ago, in old age. Had four children : 

1. Amos. 

2. Lewis. 

3. Hannah, who married James Grant and died Sept. 9, 
1893. 

4. Francis, who died, when a young man. 

Amos, son of Daniel and Hannah (^Marston) Hardy, married 
Anna, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah Knight, in 1832, (inten- 
tion entered Dec. 31, 1831). He lived with and cared for his 



GENEALOGY 435 

parents in their old age, and died several years ago. Had 
children : 

1. Albion, died, when a young man. 

2. Josephine, married John Abbott. 

3. James, married Fanny Frank. 

Lewis, son of Daniel and Hannah (^larston) Hardy, married 
Betsey, daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Lowell) Hawkes, in 
1831. He was a farmer, a joiner, a land surveyor, and a mer- 
chant. Removed several years ago to the West, where he and 
his wife both died. Had two children : 

1. Daniel F., born about 1831 ; married ^Melinda Silla ; had 
two children. 

2. Hannah R., married George Lunt, died about 1896. 

HAMBLEN 

Allen Hamblen was the son of George and Sarah (Rich) 
Hamblen, of Gorham and was born in that toAvn, Feb. 27, 1789. 
He came to Windham and married Lydia, daughter of Joseph 
Winslow. She was born Dec. 5, 1791; died Mar. 29, 1872. He 
died Aug. 21, 1853. He was a mason by trade, in addition to 
which business, he owned and cultivated a large farm near 
Gambo. In his religious sentiments he was a Quaker, and lived 
and died a member of that church. They had seven children. 
all born in Windham : 

1. Charles, born Sept. 9, 1817. 

2. George W., born Oct. 1. 1819. 

3. Franklin, born Dec. 10, 1821 ; went West. 

4. Augustus, born Dec. 29, 1823. 

5. Catharine, born Nov. 14, 1826; married, Oct. 2, 1845, 
Valentine :\I. Cook; died Feb. 9, 1893. 

6. Ann ]\L, born Oct. 12, 1828; married John Douglass, 
Aug. 20, 1852; died at Newhall. Nov. 23, 1897. No children. 

7. Byron, born Nov. 11, 1831. 

George W., son of Allen and Lydia (Winslow) Hamblen, 
married, Sept. 20, 1847, ^Nlary J., daughter of Timothy and 
Rebecca (Hawkes) Hanson. He was a school teacher in his 
young days, but learned the mason's trade and exercised that 
handicraft for many years. He died at Little Falls, Sept. 8, 



436 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

1893. His wife had died Feb. 23, 1888. They had one child, 
Ada, who married James A. ]\Iagiiiisson, a merchant at Little 
Falls. Mrs. Ada Magnusson was born Sept. 21, 1852. Her hus- 
band was born in Sweden, Europe. They have two children, 
Carl and Victoria. 

Byron, son of Allen and Lydia (Winslow) Hamblen, married, 
Sept. 2-4, 1859, Elizabeth Cartland, and they had one child, 
Allen, born Feb. 11, 1861. :\Irs. Elizabeth Hamblen died Apr. 
10, 1862, and Mr. Hamblen married, Jan. 29, 1864, Mary, daugh- 
ter of Lemuel and Huldah (Cook) Jones of Windham. They 
lived first at Newhall ])ut moved to Gorham, where he died sev- 
eral years ago. His wife died in Lynn, Mass., June 19, 1906, 
aged 68 years. Their children were as follows : 

1. Everett, born Dec. 31, 1864. 

2. Howard, born June 6, 1869, d. Feb. 18, 1871. 

3. Howard, born Nov. 7, 1873. 

4. Maude, born Aug. 21, 1880. 

HAWKES 

The first Hawkes of whom we have any knowledge, in this 
country, was Adam Hawkes, who w^as born in England in 1608, 
He came to this country June 12, 1630, and settled in Saugus, 
Mass. His wife's name was Anne. They had several children, 
among others, a son named John, who had five sons and four 
daughters. Three of the daughters died in Nov., 1675, within 
a few days of each other. One of his sons, Ebenezer, was a 
minor at the time of his father's death in 1694. He afterwards 
inherited the old homestead, where his grandfather, Adam, had 
settled. Ebenezer Hawkes had three wives. He married, first 
in 1701, Elizabeth Coggswell, of Ipswich. Children: 

1. Ebenezer, Jr., born July 14, 1702. 

2. Elizabeth, born Apr. 24, 1704. 

3. Samuel, born May 12, 1706. 

His second wife was Sarah . She died ]May 27, 1732 ; 

and, in 1743, lie married a third wife named Ruth . She 

died in 1760, aged 73 years. About the year 1712, Ebenezer 
Hawkes, senior, moved to ^larblehead, ^lass. In 1735 he and 
his son, Ebenezer, junior, were grantees of New Marblehead, 



GENEALOGY 437 

and, ill the division of land in that township, he drew Home Lot 
No. 60, and he is called ' ' Blacksmith of Marblehead. ' ' His son, 
Ebenezer, Jun., drew Lot No. 7, and he is also styled "Black- 
smith." Although both of these men were large land owners 
in "Windham, neither of them settled here, but they took consid- 
erable interest in the town's welfare. Ebenezer Hawkes, senior, 
died in 1766, bequeathing his property in New Marblehead, to 
be equally divided between the children of his son, Ebenezer, 
Jun., and his daughter, Elizabeth Griffin. His property in 
Saugus he gave to his grandson, Samuel Hawkes, whose de- 
scendants still live in that town. Ebenezer, junior, died pre- 
vious to 1759, and four of his sons, Amos, Ebenezer, Nathaniel, 
and James, came to Windham and settled here. From them 
have descended a numerous posterity. Ebenezer Hawkes, 
junior, appears to have had, in addition to the above, a son, 
Benjamin; as we find that, on May 15, 1769, Joseph Sterling 
sold to Richard Dole Home Lot No. 7, in Windham, and describes 
it as being the same land he purchased of Ebenezer and Benja- 
min Hawkes ; and, in their deed to Sterling, they describe it as 
the original lot of their father, Ebenezer Hawkes, junior. It 
is probable that Benjamin did not settle here ; at least, we have 
no record of such an event. 

Ebenezer Hawkes, son of Ebenezer, junior, was born, accord- 
ing to the inscription on the Hawkes monument in the Smith 
Cemetery, in 1726. He married Sarah Griffin, born in 1730, 
and both died in 1805. Of their children no perfect record is 
known to exist, but they had a son named Joseph, born in 1768, 
died in 1837, married, Feb. 3, 1803, Rebecca Lowell, daughter 
of Joshua and Sarah (May berry) Lowell. They also had a 
daughter, Elizabeth, who married Peter, son of John and Sarah 
Morrell of Falmouth, :\Ie., on Nov. 8, 1781. The children of 
Joseph and Rebecca (Lowell) Hawkes, w^ere as follows: 

1. Daniel L., born Dec. 8, 1803. 

2. Sarah, born Feb. 21, 1806; m., in 1828, Elias M. Babb; 
had children, Joseph H., Lizzie, and Irene. 

3. Joseph, born Mar. 14, 1808, died Mar. 22, 1808. 

4. Betsey, born Feb. 26, 1810; married, in 1831, Lewis 
Hardy of Westbrook, Me., (intention entered Nov. 12th of that 



438 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

year) . They had children, as follows : Daniel Francis and Han- 
nah Rebecca. Mrs. Hardy died in 1863. 

5. Joseph, born Apr. 4, 1812. 

6. Joshua Lowell, born July 30, 1814. 

7. Ebenezer, born May 14, 1817. 

8. Abner Lowell, born Dec. 21, 1819; d. 1841; un- 
married. 

9. Harriet, born 1821, married James Cash. 

Daniel L., son of Joseph and Rebecca (Lowell) Hawkes, 
married, in 1832, (intention entered INIar. 3d of that year), 
Abigail A. Pennel. He was a farmer and settled on the road 
leading from the River Road to Duck Pond Village, and died 
there ; but of the date of his death and also that of his wife, we 
are not informed. They had children, as follows: 

1. Rebecca, married Nathaniel Shaw. 

2. Clara, married Thomas J. Ward, 

3. Daniel Winslow, married ]\Iartha Smith. 

Joseph, Jr., son of Joseph and Rebecca (Lowell) Hawkes, 
married in 1836, (intention entered June 4th of that year), 
Eunice R., daughter of Thomas and Betsey (Mayberry) Bodge. 
He was a farmer and lived near his brother Daniel on the Duck 
Pond Road. He died Jan. 19, 1844. She died in Westbrook, 
Nov. 28, 1898. Their children were : 

1. Joseph Thomas, born 1837, died Nov. 10, 1847. 

2. Harriet Ann, born 1841 ; married, first, J. B. 

Smith; second, L. Eugene Weymouth. 

Joshua L., son of Joseph and Rebecca (Lowell) Hawkes, 
married Sall.v, daughter of Andrew and Margaret (Trott) ]\Iay- 
berry of Windham. He was a farmer ; settled near his father 
and died there several years ago. His wife was born Mar. 17, 
1816, and is now (1905) yet living. Their children were: 



1. 


Abner. 


2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 


Joseph. 
Mary E.,) 
Neander, (twins. 
Sarah. 


6. 

7. 


Zelia, died young 
Clarissa. 



GENEALOGY 439 

Ebeiiczer, son of Joseph and Rebecca (Lowell) Hawkes, mar- 
ried Ellen Wilson of Falmouth. He was a farmer ; inherited his 
father's homestead and died there. His wife is now (1905) 
living. Their children: 

1. Wilson. 

2. Wesley. 

Amos, son of Ebenezer, Jr., and Anna Hawkes, was 

born in Saugus, Mass., Apr. 12, 1733, and died in Windham, 
Sept. 4, 1826, aged 93. His wife was Deborah (Flint). He 
settled on land bequeathed him by his grandfather, Ebenezer 
Hawkes, senior, of Marblehead, iNIass. His wife, Deborah, was 
born Feb. 13, 1739 ; died in Windham, Feb. 24, 1822. They had 
children, among them sons, Amos, Jr., and Benjamin, and doubt- 
less there were other children. 

Amos, Jun., son of Amos and Deborah (Flint) Hawkes, was 
born Oct. 19, 1762, and died Nov. 23, 1852. He married Lydia 
Winslow of Falmouth. She was born Oct. 24, 1769, and died 
Mar. 7, 1826. He was a farmer and settled on a part of the 
ancestral acres in Windham, near the Duck Pond. Their chil- 
dren were as follows : 

1. Levi, born Oct. 1, 1789. 

2. Elijah, born Nov. 21, 1791 ; lost at sea. Mar. 28, 1818. 

3. Sarah, born Mar. 24, 1794 ; married, June 4, 1824, Elisha 
Jones, then of Brunswick, Me., afterwards of Windham, where 
she died June 20, 1857 ; left several children. 

4. William, born July 3, 1796. 

5. Mary, born Sept. 2, 1798 ; d. Dec. 19, 1828 ; unmarried. 

6. Phebe, born Aug. 30, 1801, d. Nov. 11, 1828. 

7. Thankful, born June 7, 1803; d. Sept. 17, 1875; un- 
married. 

8. Samuel, born July 7, 1807, d. Aug. 21, 1896. 

9. Oliver, born Jan. 15, 1811, d. Oct. 17, 1828; accidentally 
fell from a tree and was killed. 

Benjamin, son of Amos and Deborah Hawkes, married, in 
1807, (intention entered Jan. 8th of that year), Ruth Roberts 
of Windham. He was a farmer and lived near the Duck Pond, 
where he died, Nov. 27, 1859, aged 87 years. His wife, Ruth, 
died Oct. 10, 1867, aged 80 years. I am unable to find any per- 



440 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

feet record of their children, but they had, at least, the follow- 
ing: 

1. Thomas, horn in 1808, died Jan. 31, 1861. 

2. Franklin, born in 1812 ; killed by the explosion of a 
powder mill at Gambo, Oct. 11, 1855. 

3. Huldah, was a noted school teacher; married Royal 
Leighton of Deering, i\le., and died there. 

4. Amos, born Feb. 27, 1815, died July 3, 1886. 

5. Elijah, born in 1819, died in 1888. 

6. Sarah M., born in 1826; died Oct. 24, 1894; unmarried. 

7. Joshua R., born in 1828, died Mar. 18, 1902. 

8. Oliver, born in 1830 ; died Oct. 29, 1857 ; unmarried. 

There may have been others, but I think not. It is also pos- 
sible that I have not given the names of these children in their 
proper order, as I give them from memory. 

James, son of Ebenezer, Jun., and Anna ( ) Hawkes, 

was born in Marblehead, Mass., (the exact date unknown). He 
came to Windham, and settled on land left him by his father. 
He married, ]\Iar. 22, 1770, Betsey or Elizabeth Crague, daugh- 
ter of Hugh and Elizabeth Crague of Windham. He was bap- 
tized by Rev. Peter Thacher Smith, who records the fact on 
the Church Book, as follows: "May 11, 1766, Baptized James 
Hawkes, an adult person, who was educated a Quaker." He 
and his wife, Betsey or Elizabeth (Crague), had at least three 
children : 

1. James, Jun. 

2. Elizabeth, died unmarried. 

3. Ann, married, in 1796, (intention entered Nov, 26th of 
that year), David Hawkes of Windham. 

James Hawkes, Sr., married for a second wife, ]\Iay 8, 1781, 
Margaret, daughter of Benj. and Keturah Estes, of Wells, Me., 
and had by her seven children: 

1. Benjainin, born about 1783. 

2. Ebenezer, born in 1785. 

3. Eunice, married Joshua Cobb. 

4. John, known as "little Johnnie;" m., in 1825, Clarissa 
Brown; died July 29, 1830; no children. 

5. Isaiah. 



GENEALOGY 441 

6. Betsey. 

7. Aaron. 

James, Jun., son of James and Elizabeth (Crague) Hawkes, 
married Rebecca, daughter of Stephen and Content (Alley) 
Robinson. He lived in AVindhani; died May 21, 1857, aged 84 
years. If this date, taken from his headstone, is correct, he was 
born in 1763. His wife, Rebecca, died Dee. 12, 1853, aged 80. 
They are buried in the old Quaker Burial Ground, near Wind- 
ham Center. Their children: 

1. Samuel, born Sept. 21, 1799. 

2. Solomon, born Feb. 18, 1801. 

3. Betsey, born Apr. 14, 1803; married, Dec. 14, 1828, 
Joshua L. Brown of Windham ; had children, — Lendall, Daniel 
S., Rebecca. 

4. Daniel, born Apr. 28, 1805. 

5. Lydia, born Dee. 26, 1806. 

6. James, born Nov. 5, 1808. 

7. Alley, born Dec. 2, 1809, died in 1890. 

Nathaniel, son of Ebenezer, Jr., and Anna ( ) Hawkes, 

appears on the Records of the Falmouth Monthly Meeting of 
Friends, or Quakers, as follows: "Nathaniel Hawkes, of Wind- 
ham in the County of Cumberland, in the Province of Massachu- 
setts Bay in New England, Shoe Maker, son of Ebenezer and 
Anna Hawkes of Marblehead, in the County of Essex, in said 
Province, — Ebenezer being deceased, and Mercy Jones, daughter 
of Lemuel Jones and Waite (Estes) his wife, married 7th month 
27, 1771." She was of Harpswell, Me. Nathaniel appears to 
have been born in Marblehead, Aug. 31, 1740. His wife was 
born ]May 4, 1752. He settled on what is called the Highland 
Cliff Road in Windham, where the remains of his cellar are yet 
to be seen nearly opposite the present residence of Mr. Eugene 
Sawyer. While we have no connected record of his children, 
we know that the following were among them : 

Nathaniel. 

Ezra, married Winslow. 

Nathan, married Winslow. 

Lemuel, married, Oct. 30, 1799, Abigail, daughter of Job 
Winslow of Falmouth. 

Moses. 



442 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Rachel, married, first. Feb. 27, 1804, Elihu Hanson; second, 
Dec. 23, 1823, William Peaslee of Vassalborough. 

Mercy, married, in 1815. James Lowell. 

Benjamin, son of James and ^largaret (Estes) Hawkes, mar- 
ried. May 14, 1812, Tamsin, daughter of Ephraim and Sarah 
(Parke) Cobb. He was a farmer and lived on the Highland 
Cliff Road; his farm being the same afterwards owned by his 
grandson, the late Benjamin T. Leighton. No record of the 
death of either is known to me. Neither have I found any con- 
nected record of their children. They had, however, the follow- 
ing, possibly more: 

1. ]\Iargaret, m. Andrew Leighton. 

2. Gilbert, m., first, Cynthia Hawkes ; second, INIary J. 
Hawkes, daughters of Isaiah Hawkes, and liis cousins. 

3. Emily, m. Winslow. 

4. Elias, d. about 1844. 

5. Eliza Jane, d. unmarried. 

6. Louisa, second wife of Obadiah Whitney. 

Ebenezer, son of James and Margaret (Estes) Hawkes. born 
in 1785, married, Sept. 25, 1818, Dorcas, daughter of Ephraim 
and Sarah (Parke) Cobb. She was born in 1800 and died May 
12, 1896. He was a farmer and lived on the Highland Cliff 
Road, near his brother Benjamin. His house was taken down 
several years ago. He died in 1853. Their children were: 

1. Sarah, born Apr. 22, 1819, m. William M. Smith. 

2. Peter, born Sept. 24, 1821. 

3. Eunice C, born 1823 ; d. 1844 ; unmarried. 

4. Cyrus, born 1825. 

5. George, born Oct. 4, 1828. 

6. John, born :\Iay 1, 1831. 

7. Mary Ann, born Jan. 27, 1833, m. Frank Sawyer. 

8. Joshua, born 1836 ; m. Mrs. Whitten ; died 

in 1894; no children. 

Isaiah, son of James and Margaret (Estes) Hawkes, born in 
1792, married, Dec. 31, 1815, Rebecca Cobb. She was born in 
1794, and died Feb. 19, 183 — . He was a farmer and stone- 
cutter. Lived on a farm on the easterly side of Canada Hill, 
near the Westbrook line, and died there Julv 3, 1858. He mar- 



GENEALOGY 443 

ried for a second wife, Mrs. Kachel (Peaeo) Thuiiow, widow of 
Horatio Thurlow. She died Sept. 4, 1890. Children, all by first 
wife: 

1. Comfort, born Sept. 14, 1816, m. Robert Cobb. 

2. Cynthia, born Dec. 8, 1818, m. Gilbert Hawkes. 

3. Lovisa, born Oct. 6, 1821; d. June 2, 1897; unmarried. 

4. George C, born Apr. 12, 1825, d. July 23, 1828. 

5. Thomas, born Apr. 26, 1828. 

6. Mary Jane, born June 21, 1830. She was the second 
wife of Gilbert Hawkes, and, after his death, she married Elias 
F. Irish. 

Aaron, son of James and ^Margaret (Estes) Hawkes, married, 
Nov. 15, 1832, Fidelia, daughter of Richard and Hannah (Lar- 
rabee) King of Scarborough, Me. She was born in that town, 
Jan. 9, 1808. He was by trade a carpenter. He lived on the 
Gray Road, near the Friends' meeting-house in "Windham, and 
both died several years ago. Their children were : 

1. Benjamin K., born Dec. 26, 1833. He was killed by a 
powder mill explosion at Gambo, July 22, 1868. 

2. Henry T., born Sept. 8, 1835, d. 1868. 

3. Hannah A., born Apr. 5, 1837 ; m. John Tenney ; died 
Apr. 21, 1860. 

4. JMargaret A., born July 17, 1839 ; married Stillman A. 
Crague; died June 13, 1901. 

5. William H., born Dec. 24, 1840. 

6. Mary B., born Sept. 2, 1843, married McDavitt, 

lives in Vineland, N. J. 

Samuel, son of Amos, Jr., and Lydia (Winslow) Hawkes, 
married, in 1832, (intention entered Mar. 10th of that year), 
Eliza Barbour of Westbrook. He was a farmer and lived at 
first on his father 's farm ; afterwards purchased the Loveitt 
farm near the River Road, where he died. His wife died Apr. 
16, 1887. Their children were: 

1. Lindley, unmarried. 

2. Mary, b. 1834, d. Mar. 4, 1902, m. Isaac Stevens. 

3. Lydia, m. Albert L. Elder, d. Jan. 31, 1866. 

4. Louisa, m. Henry Smith. 

5. Hamilton, m. Caroline Smith. 

6. George, lives in Westbrook. 



444 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

7. Charles, d. Mar. 11, 1864, aged 15. 

Peter, son of Ebenezer and Dorcas (Cobb) Hawkes, married 
Mary Bragdon of Scarboro. He was a farmer and lived in 
what is known as the "Land of Nod." He died Mar. 20, 1902. 
His wife died Nov. 9, 1875, aged 40 years, 5 months. Had 
children : 

1. Albion, b. 1857, d. Dec. 8, 1902. 

2. Emma. 

3. Smith. 

4. Bert. 

5. Sadie, deceased. 

6. Mary, deceased. 

Cyrus, son of Ebenezer and Dorcas (Cobb) Hawkes, married 
Emily J., daughter of Jonathan and Harriet (Walker) Cobb. 
He was a farmer and a shoemaker. He lived for many years 
near his father. His wife died June 28, 1883, aged 53 years, 
11 months, after which he went to live with one of his sons at 
North Raymond, Me., where he died. His children : 

William. 

Ebenezer L. 

Frank, 

Perley, deceased. 

Annie G., b. 1856, d. Nov. 3, 1870. 

Myrtie L., b. 1871, d. Mar. 10, 1872, aged 7 m., 8 d. 

George, son of Ebenezer and Dorcas (Cobb) Hawkes, mar- 
ried, May 8, 1853, Nancy B., daughter of Dea. Hiram and Mary 
J. (Smith) Chase. He was a farmer and lived on the Chase 
farm, near the Second Adventist' meeting-house, on the Highland 
Cliff Road. Two children: 

1. Jennie A., born June 24, 1855, m. Jerome Johnson, 

2, Hiram C, born Apr. 20, 1861, 

John, son of Ebenezer and Dorcas (Cobb) Hawkes, married 
Maria, daughter of Jonathan and Harriet (Walker) Cobb. He 
was a farmer and lived several years on his father's farm. He 
moved from there to Gorham, (Little Falls), where he died Nov. 
12, 1910. His wife, :\Iaria, died Aug. 26, 1903, aged 76 years, 
6 months. Their children: 

1. Elmer, 



GENEALOGY 445 

2. Alfreda, m., first Asa Brown; second, W. P. Partridge. 

3. Emily. 

4. Thomas, unmarried. 

5. Augustine, hn. Alice Whitney. 

6. Eugene, ^m. Mary E. Bodge. 

7. John, m. Mayberry. 

8. Frank, deceased. 

9. Annie, deceased. 

Samuel R., son of James, Jr., and Rebecca (Robinson) 
Hawkes, married, :\Iareh 1827, Hannah Morrill of Wind- 
ham. He was a merchant for many years at Windham and 
afterwards at Great Falls, Gorham. He also owned and culti- 
vated the farm, where his son, Albert R., afterwards lived. His 
children : 

1. David R., born Apr. 21, 1830, married Sarah J. May- 
berry, died in Somerville, ]\Iass., Dec. 3, 1903. Had two chil- 
dren. 

2. Charles ^I., married Susan A. AVhitney and had five 
children. 

3. Albert R., born 1834. 

4. Lydia T., born June 20, 1837 ; unmarried; lives in Wind- 
ham. 

5. Samuel, born Sept. 13, 1840; married Caroline AI. Skill- 
ings of Westbrook ; had five children ; died, at Waseca, ]\Iinn., 
Dec. 7, 1904. 

6. Hannah M., born Sept. 5, 1842, married Col. John C. 
Cobb ; had seven children. 

7. Huldah W\, born Mar. 25, 1844; is a teacher of languages 
in Portland. 

8. James F., born July 31, 1846 ; married Ardella Fames 
of Portland ; has one child. 

Mr. Hawkes is a merchant in Portland. 

Albert R., son of Samuel and Hannah (^Morrill) Hawkes, 
married Sarah AI. Whipple, daughter of James Whipple, for- 
merly agent and superintendent of the powder works at Gambo. 
]\Ir. Albert R. Hawkes was for many years an active, energetic 
business man in AVindham and Gorham ; but finally retired to 
his farm near Great Falls and died there, Alar. 24, 1908. aged 
74 years. Had children as follows : 



446 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

1. Harry H., born July 29, 1859, was in business in New 
Yorlv, died July 24, 1910. 

2. Emily W., born June 6, 1862. Mr. and Mrs. Hawkes 
were married June 4, 1857. 

HOOPER 

Robert Hooper came to ^larblehead, ]\Iass., (probably from 
England), in 1660, and married Elizabeth Fletcher. They 
were the ancestors of all bearing the name in New England. 
Their son, Henry, married ]\Iary Norman, widow of Joseph 
Norman, and died in 1726. Henry Hooper had a son, Robert, 
born in Marblehead, in 1706, who died there, in 1763. He was 
a merchant, was one of the original grantees of Windliam, and, 
in the division of land here, he drew Home Lot No. 28. He 
married, Aug. 21, 1755, the daughter of Joseph Blaney, also one 
of the grantees and an extensive land owner in Windham. 
Robert Hooper and his wife, Abigail, had sons, William, Robert, 
and probably, Joseph. These sons inherited their father's land 
in Windham and settled there. Robert, after some years, re- 
moved to some part of eastern Maine. Mrs. Abigail (Blaney) 
Hooper died in Windham, about 1782. Their son, William, 
born in :\Iarblehead, Oct. 8, 1763. married, Oct. 18, 1787, Eliza- 
beth, daughter of Stephen and Sarah Vickery. She was born 
in Marblehead, Jan. 28, 1768, and died in Windham, Sept. 28, 
1818. They came to this town about 1788 or 9 and settled on 
the Main Road near Gambo on land since owned by his descend- 
ants. Their children were: 

1. Stephen Vickery, born in Marblehead, July 28, 1788; 
died unmarried, in Windham. 

2. Sally, boi-n in Windham, June 29, 1791, died Sept. 17, 
1816. 

3. William Blaney, born Jan. 31, 1794. 

4. Henry, born June 7, 1797. 

5. Edward, born June 6, 1800, d. Oct. 20, 1805. 

6. Benjamin, born Apr. 28, 1803. 

7. Edward, born July 30, 1807. 

William Blaney, son of William and Elizabeth (Vickery) 
Hooper, married, Dec. 3, 1818, Mary Griffin of Windham. He 
died while yet a young man, and his widow became the wife 



GENEALOGY 447 

of Capt. James Loveitt. William Blaney Hooper and his wife 
]\Iary had one child. Elizabeth, who married Charles Walker. 

Henry, son of William and Elizabeth (Vickery) Hooper, 
married Olive Nason of Gorham, (intention entered on the 
Windham records ]\Iar. 8.. 1822). They settled in Raymond. 
Their children : 



1. 


William. 


2. 


Elizabeth. 


3. 


George. 


4. 


Sally. 


5. 


Noah. 



Benjamin, son of William and Elizabeth (Vickery) Hooper, 
married Jane AAHiite of Windham, in 1824, (intention entered 
Nov. 13th of that year). She died soon after marriage; and, 
on Apr. 23, 1829, he entered his intention of marriage with 
Lucy Griffin, also of Windham. Their cliildren were as follows: 

1. Jane. 

2. George. 

3. Elizabeth. 

4. William B., married Albina Staples; went to California 
and died there Oct., 1879. 

5. Charles F., married Alary Jane Dolley, died Nov. 10, 
1899. 

6. Edmund, married, first, Amanda Wilder, second, a Airs. 
Drew. 

7. Clinton B., married Harriet Fairbanks. He died Feb. 
23. 1908, aged 67 years, 6 months. He was a Union Soldier, a 
member of Co. A, 5th Alaine Infantry. 

Edward, son of William and Elizabeth (Vickery) Hooper, 
entered his intention of marriage with Alatilda Alains of AA^ind- 
ham, Dec. 31, 1832. He was a farmer and settled on a farm 
adjoining Pleasant River. He died Feb. 19, 1858, by his own 
hands. His children were : 

1. Alajor AL, went South before the Rebellion. He served 
as an officer in the Confederate Army; d. Jan., 1905, at Atlanta, 
Ga., aged 70. 

2. David, married Lucinda Si)iller. He was a merchant ; 
died Jan. 16. 1904. 



448 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

3. Helen M., died Apr. 25, 1861, aged 23 years. 

4. Dorcas. 

5. Oetavia A., born 1840, d. Aug. 21, 1908. 

6. Elizabeth, died young. 

Mrs. Matilda (Mains) Hooper died in Portland, Aug. 4, 
1883, aged 75 years, 11 months. 

Robert, son of Robert and Abigail (Blaney) Hooper, mar- 
ried, Sept. 21, 1777, Elizabeth Whittaker. She was born ]Mar. 
27, 1757, and died May 13, 1783. The date of his death is un- 
known. He removed from "Windham to eastern Maine. He 
lived here in 1796. 

Abigail, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Whittaker) 
Hooper, was born in Windham, Dee. 19. 1778; married John 
Elder Chase ; died in Bangor, Jan., 1874. Her first husband 
died May 7, 1810. 

Hooper Chase, son of John Elder and Abigail (Hooper) 
Chase, married Susan H. Snell. and was living at Bangor in 
1898. He had a daughter, Emeline, who married Closes Gid- 
dings of Bangor; and they had a daughter, also named Emeline, 
who married Rev. Dr. Henry S. Burrage. 

HUNNEWELL 

The ancestor of the Hunnewell family in Maine was Roger 
Hunnewell. Where he came from, we do not know, but he 
appears to have settled, first at Saco ; from that place he came 
to Scarborough, in 1654. Neither do we know whom he mar- 
ried, but he had, at least, two sons : 

1. John, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel Harris 
of Middleton and settled in Wethersfield, Conn. 

2. Richard, known as "Lieutenant'' Richard, who settled 
in Scarborough, where, according to Southgate's history, he was 
one of the leading inhabitants. He married a daughter of 
Richard and Bridget ]\Ioore. Her parents came from Cape 
Porpoise, as early as 1665. During the Indian wars Richard 
Hunnewell was very active and relentless towards the Indians, 
never sparing one of the hated race under any circumstances 
whatever. He was commissioned as a lieutenant, and had com- 
mand of scouting parties sent out against the enemy. After 



GENEzVLOGY 449 

performing many feats of daring, he finally lost his life at the 
hands of his red enemies. Williamson, in his "History of 
Maine," gives the date of his death as Oct. 6, 1703; but South- 
gate, who had better means of knowing the facts, places the date 
in the autumn of 1713 and says that out of the party of twenty, 
but a single survivor escaped. Of the children of Richard and 
Bridget (Moore) Hunnewell, but little is known. He had, how- 
ever, a son named Roger, who married INIary Adams. Roger 
Hunnewell died June 13, 1720. aged 45 years. We have no 
record of his wife's death, but, it is said that she outlived him 
many years. Their children were as follows: 

1. Josiah. 

2. Richard. 

3. Elizabeth, married Robert Gilmore of Londonderry, 
N. H. 

4. Zerubbabel, born Apr. 15, 1716. 

5. Roger, born Dec. 28, 1719. 

Zerubbabel, son of Roger and ^lary (Adams) Hunnewell, 
married Hannah, daughter of Thomas and ]\lary Haskell. ^Ir. 
Haskell came from Gloucester, ]Mass., about 1726, and settled, 
first, at Falmouth Xeck, but appears to have moved from there 
to somewhei-e near the Windham line. ]\lrs. Hunnewell died 
and was buried on what is now called "Scotch Hill," at Sacca- 
rappa, Avhere her headstone was standing a few years ago, bear- 
ing the following inscription: "Here Lyes Buried the Body of 
]\Irs. Hannah Hunnewell, wife of Zerubbabel Hunnewell, died 
July the 26. 1753, Aged 33 years." Their children were: 

1. Roger, died Nov. 12, 1747, aged 7 years. 

2. :\Iary, baptized Mar. 11, 1744. 

3. AVilliam, born Jan. 17, 1746, bap. Feb. 2, 1746. 

4. Elijah, born Dec. 27, 1747, bapt. Jan. 31, 1747. 

5. Hannah, born Nov. 1749, bapt. Dec. 17. 1749. 

6. Patience, born Apr. 27, 1751 ; bapt. May 26, 1751 ; mar- 
ried, Nov. 10, 1772, James Pray of Windham. 

Zerubbabel Hunnewell's second wife was Hannah, daughter 
of Dea. Samuel and Abigail Cobb of Falmouth. She was the 
widow of John Swett. She was married to Mr. Hunnewell in 
1753, and they had, at least, one child, Susannah, born about 



•150 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

1755. She married, Jan. 1, 1778, Maj. Benjamin Bodge of 
Windham. 

]\Ir. Hunnewell came to Windham and settled on Home Lot 
No. 41 in the first division of lots in the town. Here we find 
him, according to the committee's report made in 1759, with 
a house and seven acres of land cleared, and the report gives 
the date of his settlement as 1756. He died here Aug. 23, 1803, 
aged 89 years. His wife died Apr. 21, 1791, aged 80 years. 
(These dates are taken from their headstones, in the Smith 
Cemetery.) 

Elijah, son of Zerubbabel and Hannah (Haskell) Hunne- 
well, married Rebecca Locke of Falmouth, in 1776, (intention 
entered Jan. 6th of that year) . He was a farmer and lived on 
the farm, on the River Road, that was afterwards owned by his 
grandson, Charles. He died ^lar. 19, 1815. His wife died Feb. 
12, 1830. Their children Avere : 

1. Susannah, born Jan. 21, 1777; married, in 1799, Ebene- 
zer Hall, of Gorham. 

2. Hannah, born Jan. 29, 1778 ; married Jonathan Fogg, 
Dec. 1, 1795. 

3. ]Mary, born Nov. 27, 1779 ; married John Sweat, in 1803. 

4. Anne, born Mar. 23, 1781 ; married Peter Hall of Port- 
land in 1807. 

5. William, born July 10, 1782; married Lucy Baker, ]\Iay 
14, 1809. 

6. Lucy, born Apr. 5, 1784, died Nov. 27, 1818. 

7. Zerubbabel, born Nov. 6, 1784. 

8. Nathaniel, born Jan. 15, 1788 ; lost in the Privateer Dash, 
in the War of 1812. 

9. Patience, born May 2, 1790. 

Zerubbabel, son of Elijah and Rebecca (Lock) Hunniwell, 
married, Oct. 8, 1815, Anna Mitchell of Windham. He w^as a 
farmer ; lived on the paternal acres, and died there, but we have 
not the date of his death. His wife, Anna, died Sept. 6, 1835, 
aged 44 years. Their children were: 

1. Elijah, born 1816, died Sept. 16, 1836. 

2. Edwin, married Margaret, daughter of Capt. James and 
Charlotte (Gallison) Loveitt of Windham. He was a farmer; 
lived near his father, and died there several years ago. His 



GENEALOGY 451 

wife, Margaret, died Feb. 17. 1909, aged S6 years; no children. 
3. Charles, married Jerusha W., daughter of Asa and 
Patience (Knight) Small of AVestbrook. He lived on his 
father's farm, which he inherited. Had several children. His 
wife died Mar. 19. 1903, aged 73 years. He is now (1911) still 
living. 

JOHNSON 

The first of the family bearing this name in New England, 
so far as we can learn, was one. James Johnson, who probably 
wrote his name "Johnston." He came from the North of Ire- 
land, in 1733. He was born in Scotland and moved to Ireland, 
in 1692. He came to Spurwink, bringing his two sons with him, 
Avhere he was a ferryman a short time. Afterwards he ferried 
between Front's Neck and Old Orchard. He died in 1710, an 
old man. Nothing is known of his wife, but his two sons, who 
were born in vScotland. were named James and John. 

James was born in 1690 and died in 1774. His wife Avas 
named Jane, and they had six children, the fourth one being 
James. He was born Alar. 22, 1735 ; married Elizabeth Porter- 
field of Stroudwater. where they then lived. He, with others, 
among whom was Captain Richard Alayberry of Windham, com- 
posed the firm of mast cutters, known as James Johnson and 
Co. James Johnson served in the Revolution as lieutenant and 
captain in Col. Edmund Phinney's Regt., in 1775. He was 
Alajor in Col. Nathaniel Jordan's Regt. of Alilitia, in 1779; and 
in Col. Joseph Prime's Regt., in 1780. In 1789, with Jesse 
Partridge and Aaron Chamberlain, he purchased eighteen 
hundred acres of land in Poland, then called Thompson Pond 
Plantation. He sold his farm at Stroudwater and moved there 
about 1791. He had eleven children: 

1. William, born Aug. 16, 1759^ d. Apr. 9, 1845. 

2. Martha, born Feb. 16. 1761 ; married, Air. AIcLaughlin, 
died June 9, 1851. 

3. Joseph, born Feb. 10, 1763, d. Oct. 26, 1840. 

4. James, born Alar. 1765, d. Alay 2 . 

5. Catharine, born Dec. 16, 1766. d. Aug. 5, 1812. 

6. Nancy, born Dec. 19, 1768; married a Air. Ilodgdon ; 
died Oct. 2, 1845. 



452 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

7. Jeremiah, born Mar. 19, 1771, d. May 14, 1832. 

8. Simon, born Apr. 13, 1773, d. Sept. 1841. 

9. David, born Apr. 13, 1775, d. Aug. 15, 1839. 

10. Charles, born May 18, 1777. 

11. Ruth, born Apr. 22, 1780, d. Sept. 1, 1817. 

James Johnson died at Poland, June 16, 1831, aged 96 years. 
His wife died Sept. 14, 1812, aged 74 years. 

Charles, son of James and Elizabeth (Porterfield) Johnson, 
came, when a young man, from Poland to Windham, before 
1805. Dec. 25. 1805, he married Ann Tate of Stroudwater, 
daughter of Robert Tate. She was a niece of Admiral Tate, of 
the Russian Navy, and was born Oct. 23, 1778. She died Apr, 
30, 1853. Charles Johnson settled at Windham Hill and was 
well known as "Squire Johnson." He was a man of good 
natural abilities, and was greatly respected by all who knew 
him. He died Feb. 23, 1865, aged 88 years. His children were 
as follows: 

1. Martha Tate, born Dec. 1, 1806, died Nov. 27, 1818. 

2. Elizabeth, born June 22, 1808; married, Oct. 21, 1838, 
Dr. Madison J. Bray of Evansville. 111. 

3. Ann, born Jan. 24, 1810; married, Feb. 13, 1834, Joseph 
Walker, Esq. ; died Sept. 12, 1889. Mr. Walker is the one who 
presented the City of Westbrook with its beautiful public 
library. He also aided the whole of Cumberland County with 
his benefactions. 

4. George Tate, born Jan. 14, 1812 ; married, and died in 
Louisiana, Oct. 22, 1853. 

5. Margaret, born Aug. 20, 1813, d. :May 20, 1814. 

6. Charles Pope, born Jan. 1, 1814. 

7. Samuel Tate, born ]\Iar. 27, 1819, married, first, Olive 
Coombs; second, Lucinda Trull. He was 1st Lieutenant in the 
25th Me. Regt. and later was Assistant Provost ^larshal. He 
died in Nov., 1887, and is buried at Windham Hill. He had 
nine children, none of whom now live in Windham. 

Charles Pope, son of Charles and Ann (Tate) Johnson, lived 
in his father's house at Windham Hill. He married, Nov. 19, 
1848, Harriet Rogers Berry of Denmark, Me. She was born at 
Westbrook, Mar. 3, 1815, and was the daughter of Samuel and 
Dorcas (Shattuck) Berry, who moved from there to Denmark. 



GENEALOGY 453 

Charles Pope Johnson died Sept. 4, 1888. Had one child, Eliza- 
beth Bray Johnson, born Aug. 22, 1849. She has never mar- 
ried; lives in her father's house at Windham Hill, and her 
mother was living with her in 1897. 

:\Irs. Joseph Walker (Ann Johnson) gave to the Congrega- 
tional Church in Windham, by her will, the sum of five thousand 
dollars, and from her husband's estate the library at Windham 
Center received four hundred dollars, and that at Great Falls, 
(North Gorham), six hundred dollars. 

JONES 

On the records of the monthly meeting of Quakers at Fal- 
mouth, we find the following entry: "Lemuel Jones, son of 
Thomas Jones and Thankful his wife of North Yarmouth, and 
Wait Estes, daughter of Edward and Patience Estes of North 
Yarmouth, married 3d month 7th, 1751." This was, so far as 
we know, the first of the name to settle in this vicinity. He 
appears to have lived at that part of North Yarmouth that was 
incorporated as Harpswell. He had a family, among whom was 
a son, also named Lemuel, born Feb. 26, 1758 ; and died Apr. 5, 
1845. He was twice married. His first wife was Catherine 
Allen. She was born Oct. 19, 1757, died Jan. 31, 1799. They 
had seven children : 

1. Isaac, born Feb. 19, 1782. 

2. Abigail, born Nov. 1, 1783, d. Apr. 10, 1785. 

3. Robert, born Nov. 21, 1785. 

4. Lydia, born Nov. 25, 1787. 

5. Israel, born Dec. 17, 1789. 

6. Thomas, born July 1, 1792. 

7. Dorcas, born Apr. 2, 1795. 

Lemuel Jones's second wife was Deborah Hawkes, to whom 
he was married Oct. 9, 1800. She was the daughter of Amos 
Hawkes of Windham. By her he had five children : 

1. Phebe, born Aug. 21, 1801, died Apr. 17, 1817. 

2. Mary, born July 22, 1803, died Oct. 27, 1829. 

3. Amos, born Apr. 27, 1805, died May 15, 1805. 

4. Esther, born .May 31, 1806. 

5. Lemuel, Jr.. born Apr. 16, 1808. 

^Irs. Deborah Jones died Dec. 20, 1834. 



454 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Lemuel, Jr., son of Lemuel and Deborah (Hawkes) Jones, 
married, Sept. 30, 1823, Huldah, daughter of Daniel and Jane 
Cook of Kaymond (now Casco). He was a farmer and was 
a very w^orthy man. He died Jan. 20, 1853, aged 44 years, 8 
months. His wife, Huldah, died Mar. 7, 1874, aged 70 years. 
Their children were as follows: 

1. Isaiah, born Dee. 14, 1831. 

2. Daniel, born Mar. 27, 1833. 

3. Mary, married Byron Hamblen. 

4. Lindley H., born Apr. 4, 1843. 

Isaiah, son of Lemuel and Huldah (Cook) Jones married, 
Nov. 10, 1853, Emily H., daughter of Nathan and Ruth (Horton) 
Read. Had five children : 

1. Julia M., born Sept. 24, 1854. 

2. Charles W., born Feb. 14, 1858. 

3. Elma R., born Nov. 28, 1860, d. Dec. 30, 1861. 

4. Ruth E.. born June 9, 1866. 

5. Frank E.. born Jan. 3, 1871. 

Mrs. Emily H. Jones died in Lynn, Mass., Dec. 3, 1908, aged 
77 years. 

Daniel, son of Lemuel and Pluldah (Cook) Jones, married. 
May 16, 1862, Abbie, daughter of Stephen and Jane (Young) 
Lord of Windham. He lived on his father's place and died 
there Jan. 19, 1891. His children: 

1. Fred E., born Mar. 23, 1864. 

2. Ellen H., born Nov. 23, 1867. 

3. George L., born Mar. 20, 1874. 

Lindley H., son of Lemuel and Huldah (Cook) Jones, mar- 
ried, Feb. 18, 1873, L. Maria Jepson of China, Me. Children: 

1. Herbert L., born July 30, 1874. 

2. Edith E., born Apr. 23, 1877. 

8. Gertrude M., born June 27, 1884, died Dee. 2, 1884. 

Elisha Jones, son of Edward and JVIary (Tuttle) Jones, Avas 
born June 19, 1798. He married, June 4, 1824, Sarah, daughter 
of Amos and Lydia Hawkes. He was then of Brunswick, Me., 
but settled in AVindham. He became an influential and prom- 
inent citizen. He was a farmer, lived at East "Windham, and 
died there, June 20, 1857. He was a man of good natural abili- 



GENEALOGY 455 

ties and of undoubted honesty and had many friends. In re- 
ligious belief he was a Quaker and lived and died an honored 
member of that society. His children were as follows : 

1. Charles, born June 20. 1825, died 1889. 

2. Lydia M., born Apr. 13, 1827, died Oct. 27, 1832. 

3. Mary H., born Apr. 22, 1829. 

4. Martha H.. born Aug. 2, 1831, died Nov. 4, 1832. 

5. Amos H., born Dec. 11, 1834, died Aug. 23, 1861. 

6. Martha E., born Apr. 29, 1837. 

Sarah, wife of Elisha Jones, died June 20, 1857, aged 63 
years; and he married for his second wife Sarah, daughter of 

James Winslow of AVestbrook. She was the widow of 

Boody. She died in Casco, Me., Feb. 24, 1876. 

Joseph T. Jones w^as the son of Silas and his second wife, 
Lois (Brown) Jones. He was born Aug. 29, 1837; married, 
Apr. 1, 1863, Abbie, daughter of George and Mary A. (Rounds) 
Goold of "Windham. For several years he owned and lived on 
the well-known "John Robinson Place." They had one child: 

1. Ormond, born Feb. 2, 1870, died Feb. 16, 1880. Mrs. 
Abbie (Goold) Jones died Feb. 26, 1910, aged 73 years, and 
Mr. Jones now lives in Auburn, ]\Ie. 

KEMP 

The ancestor of all bearing this name in Windham, Gorham, 
and vicinity, was Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer and Mary (Brad- 
street) Kemp of Groton, Mass. He was born Jan. 11, 1749. He 
married Relief Phillips of Groton, Aug. 31, 1773. He served 
in the Continental Army for a while, and, after his discharge, 
came to Otisfield, Me., where he purchased land of Joseph Pres- 
cott of Groton. He remained in Otisfield a few years and then 
sold his land there and purchased the farm in Gorham, which 
has ever since remained in the family. He and his wife, Relief, 
had seven children, as follows: 

1. Elijah, born in Groton, 1777, died in Gorham, 

Oct. 7, 1846, unmarried. 

2. Relief, born in Groton ; married John Brown of 

Gray, in 1807. 

3. Mitty, , married Josiah Clark, in 1807. 

4. Ebenezer, born Mar. 15, 1785. 



456 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

5. ^lary, , married Levi Knight, probably of 

Westbrook, in 1804. 

6. David, born in Gorham, about 1793 ; married, Oct. 20, 
1819, Anna Humphrey. 

7. Jonathan, born in Gorham, ; married ^lartha 

Humphrey of Gray, in ]May, 1825 ; moved to Otisfield, in 1846. 

After the death of liis wife. Relief, Mr. Kemp married, in 
1800, Lydia Elder, of Windham. She died Apr. 18, 1825, aged 
80 years. He died in 1833. 

Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer and Relief (Phillips) Kemp, was 
the ancestor of the Kemp families of Windham. He married 
Eunice, daughter of Jacob and Hannah (Tripp) Allen of Cum- 
berland. She was born July 28, 1788, and died Apr. 22, 1875. 
Several years ago Mr. Kemp started on a visit to some western 
state and has not been heard from since. It is thought that he 
was lost, while crossing the Great Lakes. He and his wife, 
Eunice, had nine children, as follows : 

1. Mary Ann, born Nov. 7, 1808; married Ebenezer John- 
son; died Sept. 29, 1877. 

2. Hannah, born Mar. 14, 1810, died in 1846. 

3. Andrew, born Nov. 7, 1811 ; married Eliza A. Elwell ; 
died Oct. 1832. 

4. Relief, born Jan. 4, 1814 ; married James Hollingsworth. 

5. Abigail, born Jan. 3, 1816; married Stephen Lowell; 
died in 1839. 

6. John E., born Jan. 4, 1819; married, first, Esther Elder; 
second, Mrs. Ella D. Nickerson; died Nov. 18, 1900. His wife, 
Ella, died June 27, 1906. 

7. Jeremiah, born Aug. 24, 1823 ; married, first, Caroline 
Jones; second, Susan Hughie; third, Thirza Maxim. He died 
Apr. 24, 1901. 

8. Ellen, born Aug. 26, 1829; married Alden G. Lowell; 
died July 9, 1869. 

9. Samuel R., born June 13, 1831 ; married Lucretia, daugh- 
ter of Josiah and Lucy (Staples) Allen of Cumberland. He 
died Apr. 2, 1903. She is now (1912) living in Buxton. They 
had several children, none of whom now live in Windham. 



GENEALOGY -157 

KENNARD 

The first of the name in Windham was Samuel Kennard. 
He was a Quaker and came from England to Kittery; from 
there he went to Falmouth and shortly afterwards settled in 
Windham. The family tradition is that, while living in Fal- 
mouth, he prepared the frame of a house, which he afterwards 
hauled with oxen through the woods to Windham. His wife 
accompanied him on the journey, bringing in her arms a young 
babe. He settled in the easterly part of the town, and his farm 
was afterwards owned by his son, Elijah, and, more recently, 
by his grandson, Timothy Kennard. His wife was Elizabeth 
Allen, probably of Kittery, by whom he had nine children : 

1. Elijah, born Nov. 30, 1755. 

2. Elizabeth, married Goddard. 

3. Salome, married Timothy Robinson. 

4. Tamsin, married Samuel Varney. 

5. Jane, married ]\licajah Varney. 

6. Lydia, married Abijah Varney. 

7. Susie. 

8. Peace. 

9. Annie. 

Elijah, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Allen) Kennard, mar- 
ried Hannah, daughter of Timothy and Joanna (Hanson) Var- 
ney, Aug. 11, 1785. He died July 20, 1843. She died May 
, 1824. They had thirteen children: 

1. Sarah, born July 20, 1786, d. May 5, 1869. 

2. Mary, born May 25, 1789, d. Mar. 16, 1821. 

3. Samuel, born June 8, 1790, d. Jan. 28, 1795. 

4. Patience, born Feb. 23, 1792; married, in 1827, Nehe- 
miah Winslow. 

5. Elijah, born Jan. 9, 1794, d. Nov. 18, 1883. 

6. Timothy, born Aug. 10, 1795; was a well-known school 

teacher for many years. He married Mrs. Thompson, 

and died in 1880. 

7. Anna, born Sept. 6, 1798, d. Feb. 20, 1825. 

8. James, born Apr. 12, 1800, d. Nov. 21, 1824. 

9. Lydia, born Oct. 6, 1802, d. Oct. 14, 1805. 

10. Joanna, born Nov. 10, 1806, married, in 1831, Joel 
Allen, died Jan. 2, 1879. 



458 WINDHAM IK THE PAST 

11. Noah, born Sept. 6, 1808; married, in 1835, Esther 
lusher of Baldwin ; settled in that town and had two children, 
Dana, who died when a young man, and Hannah Persis, who 
died July 13, 1867, aged about 18 years. Noah Kennard died 
many years ago in the prime of life ; his widow died several 
years later. 

12. John, born Apr. 9, 1810; married, in 1830, Phebe L. 
Crafts of Hebron, Me. 

13. Emma, born Apr. 9, 181-1:; married Joel Rand; died 
July 8, 1895. 

"William Kennard of Windham entered his intention of mar- 
riage with Charity Winslow of Wcstbrook. Nov. 1-1, 1818. He 
settled at White's Bridge at about that time and lived and died 
there. Had. at least, two children : 

1. Albert. 

2. Maria, who married Leonard H. Moore of Standish. She 
was born about 1820 and died Oct. 8, 1895. He died Aug. 13, 
1882. 

Albert, son of William and Charity (Winslow) Kennard, 
married Sarah, daughter of Ephraim ^lanchester. He inherited 
his father's farm at White's Bridge, and he and his wife both 
died there. Their son, Edward A. Kennard, now owns the place 
where his grandfather, William, sejttled in 1818. Mr. Albert 
Kennard died July 30, 1902, aged 81 years. 

KNIGHT 

John Akers Knight was the son of Moses and Hannah 
(Akers) Knight, who came to Falmouth, Me., from Newbury, 
Mass., about 1737. He was a direct descendant of John Knight, 
who came from Romsey, County of Hants, near Southampton, 
Eng., in the ship, James, in 1635, and settled in Newbury. He 
was a merchant tailor, and, so far as is now known, was the 
ancestor of all bearing the name in New England. John Akers 
Knight was born, about 1749, on what has since been known 
as the "Hart Place," near the present Adllage of Allen's Corner, 
in the Deering District, that being the farm on which his father, 
Moses, first settled. He married, Apr. 16, 1778, Keziah, daugh- 
ter of John and Sarah (Winslow) Morrill. She was born Nov. 
19, 1759, and died Jan. 16, 1821. John Akers Knight came to 



GENEALOGY 459 

Windham in 1788 and settled on the farm now (1912) owned 
by his grandson, Albert M. Knight, near Manchester Hill, in 
the easterly part of the town. He built a log house, back from 
road, not far from where the present dwelling stands. This 
he built a few years later. He was by trade a briek-layer and 
had a brick yard on the banks of Pleasant River. He also built 
the first mill at Huston's Falls on the river, sometime before 
1793. He died July 10, 1831:, aged 85 years, and his remains 
are interred oji the land which he cleared from the wilderness. 
He and his wife, Keziah, had eighteen children, but four of 
them died young and were not named or recorded on the family 
record. Those whose names appear are as follows : 

1. Abigail, born Dec. 27, 1778; married Francis Jackson, 
Jan. 20, 1805. 

2. Moses, born Feb. 27, 1780, died Apr. 30, 1780. 

3. Levi, born I\Iar. 24, 1781 ; married, in 1804, Mary Kemp. 

4. Hannah, born Oct. 7, 1782 ; married, first, Apr. 14, 1803, 
Stephen ^Morrill ; second, Elvin Worth. 

5. Samuel, born Feb. 20, 1785, died young. 

6. Sarah, born Oct. 28, 1787; married, Sept. 9, 1807, 
Charles Doe. 

7. Peter, born June 7, 1789 ; married, first, Aug. 8, 1816, 
Sally Elliott; second, in 1847, Ann H. King; moved to Illinois. 

8. Peace, born Sept. 30, 1791 ; married, in 1808, Charles 
Doe, whose first wife was her sister, Sarah. 

9. Hope, born Oct. 30, 1793, married Reuben Gardiner. 

10. John, born Sept. 21, 1796. He went to Ohio, when 
about eighteen years old, and was never heard from. 

11. Moses, born Jan. 1, 1798, married Rebecca Knight. 

12. Samuel, born Aug. 24, 1800; died July 7, 1844; un- 
married. 

13. Thomas, born Sept. 24, 1802 ; died Feb. 18, 1876 ; un- 
married. 

14. Stephen, born Apr. 7, 1804; married, first, Eliza 
Doughty. She was born June 5, 1807, and died May 20, 1832. 
His second wife was Eliza Elkins, to whom he was married in 
May, 1834. 

Moses, son of John Akers and Keziah (Morrill) Knight, mar- 
ried, Sept. 18, 1823, Rebecca Knight. It was thought that they 
were not related, but probably they were distant connections. 



460 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

He lived and died in his father's house. She died Sept. 18, 
1878. He died May 29, 1887. Their children were : 

1. Horace Greenlief, born Apr. 7, 1824, died Feb. 28, 1847. 

2. Elizabeth Maxwell, born Apr. 29, 1828; married. May 
26, 1850. Daniel Hamblet. 

3. Aurilla Rosina, born Sept. 29, 1830; married, Feb. 26, 
1851, Elvin Jackson, died Sept. 20, 1863. 

4. Moses Gardiner, born July 25, 1834; married, Dec. 11, 
1859. Loanna Stevens. 

5. Olive Cushman, born Nov. 24, 1836. died unmarried, 
May 23, 1877. 

6. Stephen Huston, born Aug. 7, 1839, died Sept. 9, 1839. 

7. Albert Melvin, born July 28^ 1844, married, Dec. 7, 1865, 
Clara, daughter of John Dole of Gray, Me. ; lives on the old 
homestead; has two children: 

1. Lizzie J. 

2. Mabel L. 

Jonathan Knight came from Otisfield to Windham, and mar- 
ried, Nov. 12, 1785, Sarah Pattangall. He was a farmer and 
settled on the Duck Pond Road, near the Knight Schoolhouse. 
He died Nov. 19, 1837, aged 78 years. His wife, Sarah, died 
June 29, 1839, also aged 78. Their children were : 

1. Peggy, born Apr. 5, 1787, in Otisfield; married Cornelius 
Allen of Windham. 

2. John, born Dec. 15, 1788, in Otisfield. 

3. Patience, born Sept. 20, 1792, in Windham, married Asa 
Small of Westbrook in 1826. 

4. Daniel, born Mar. 26, 1795 ; married, in 1829, Sally Hus- 
sey. 

5. Katharine, born Oct. 7, 1797. 

6. Anne, born July 19, 1802 ; married in 1832. 

7. Mark, born about 1806. 

Mark, son of Jonathan and Sarah (Pattangall) Knight, 
married, about 1839, Emily Hobbs. She died Jan. 25, 1887, 
and he died Dec. 24, 1892. He was a farmer and lived, at first, 
on the farm where his father settled; but he finally sold it and 
purchased a farm near Little Falls. He and his wife, Emily, 
had several children, but we have no connected record of the 



GENEALOGY 461 

family. From dates on their gravestones, and also from our 
own memory, we are able to give the following facts : 

1. Jonathan, died Sept. 24, 1840, aged 3 months. 

2. Mary, died Jan. 29, 1866, aged 22 years. " 

3. Kufus W.. died May 19, 1856, aged 10 years. 

4. Henry W., died May 6. 1856, aged 8 years. 

5. Alfred, died Jan. 22, 1887 ; aged 34 years. 

6. George T., died Sept. 10, 1911, born Oct. 29, 1850. He 
was a professor in Tufts College. 

In addition to the above, they had a daughter, Sarah, of 
whom we can learn nothing. 

There was another ]\Iark Knight in Windham, known as 
"Quaker Mark." He was the son of Daniel and Patience 
Knight of Alfred, Me., and was born in that town, Nov, 3, 1803. 
He died Dec. 19, 1860. He married Mercy, daughter of David 
and Wait (Hawkes) Douglass. She was born Jan. 26, 1808, 
and died Aug. 13, 1854. He then married her sister, Mary, 
Feb. 29, 1856. 

Children, all by first wife : 

1. Mary Jane, born Aug. 2, 1828, died May 5, 1845. 

2. Eunice, born June 15. 1830. 

3. David D., born Oct. 15, 1831, died Apr. 20, 1845. 

4. David D., born July 6, 1835. died Sept. 11, 1848. 

LARRY 

Joseph C. Larry, son of Stephen and Abigail (Hamblen) 
Larry, was born in Gorham, Me., June 15, 1804. He came to 
Windham, when a youth, and learned the blacksmith's trade 
of Daniel Frost, whose shop Avas near the present schoolhouse 
at Gambo. He afterwards established himself in the business, 
near the corner of the old Horse Beef Road and the ^lain Road, 
where he remained several years. He finally gave up his trade 
and engaged in other business ; at one time owning and cultivat- 
ing a large farm in the "Hurricane District," in Gorham. He 
was also a contractor on the Cumberland and Oxford Canal, 
and. for forty years, he did the iron work for that corporation. 
He was a man of great muscular strength and Avas very indus- 
trious ; rather quiet in demeanor and dignified in his bearing. 
He was exceedingly scrupulous in his dealings and throughout 



462 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

his long life, bore the deserved title of "an honest man." He 
married, Oct. 9, 1825, Mary, daughter of Daniel and Lois B. 
(Brown) Purinton of Windham. She was born Feb. 27, 1806, 
and died May 13, 1885. He died Sept. 8, 1888. They had nine 
children : 

1. James, born Feb. 2, 1826. 

2. Lois, born Oct. 1827, died Sept. 1828. 

3. Daniel P., born Apr. 1, 1829. 

4. Abigail L., born Nov. 11, 1830. 

5. Meshach P., born Nov. 22, 1832. 

6. Phebe C, born Nov. 28, 1835, m. S. T. Dole. 

7. John P. H., born Dec. 2, 1843. 

8. William A., born Jan. 20, 1850. 

9. Charles J., born Apr. 29, 1853. 

James, son of Joseph C. and Mary (Purinton) Larry, mar- 
ried, Nov. 14, 1853, Abbie Lucinda Emery of Falmouth. He 
was a farmer, and settled at Lagrange, Piscataquis County, Me. 
He enlisted for the Windham quota during the Civil War, in 
Co. C, 30th ]\laine Infantry. He was wounded in the Ked River 
Expedition and was sent to a hospital at New Orleans, where 
he died July 6, 1864. He had three children : 

1. Frank H., born Oct. 29, 1854, died Sept. 22, 1864. 

2. Charles A., born Dec. 7, 1859. 

3. Edwin, born May 5, 1861, died Sept. 16, 1864. 

Daniel, son of Joseph C. and Mary (Purinton) Larry, mar- 
ried, Mar. 9, 1851, Abigail, daughter of Eben and Susan 
(Parker) Hicks of Gorham. He was a shoemaker and worked 
at that business for several years in Windham, Gorham, and 
Lynn. When tlie Civil AVar came, being a fine musician, he 
enlisted in the band of the 5th ]\Iaine Infantry and served until 
discharged by Act of Congress, Aug. 7, 1862. He then returned 
to his home at Gorham (Little Falls), where he remained a few 
months. Then he moved to Lynn, ^lass., where he enlisted in 
the band attached to Gen. Grant's Headquarters, in which he 
served until the war ended. He was an eye-wdtness of the clos- 
ing scenes of Lee's surrender and the events that followed. He 
was honorably discharged and returned to Lynn, where he now 
resides. He had six children : 

1. Alice W., born Jan. 16, 1852, at Windliam. 



GENEALOGY 463 

2. Joseph ]\razzini, born Sept. 25, 1854 ; died in Lynn, Jan. 

20, 1879 ; unmarried. 

3. Mary Isabel, born May 7, 1857, died in Lynn, Jan. 31, 
1860. 

4. Clinton II.. born Sept. 10, 1859 | twins 

5. Hattie Emma, born Sept. 10, 1059jdied Oct. 7, 1862, 
at Gorham. 

6. Susan Phebe, born June 26, 1866, in Lynn. 

Abigail L., daughter of Joseph C. and Mary (Purinton) 
Larry, was for several years a teacher in the schools of Windham 
and Lynn. She finally returned to ]\Iaine, and married, May 

21. 1862, Samuel North, a merchant of AVestbrook. He died 
shortly after marriage, and she now resides at Little Falls. 

Aleshach P., son of Joseph and Alary (Purinton) Larry, was 
a blacksmith. He worked at that business in Windham and 
Gorham for several years. He then went to St. Paul, Alinn., 
where he remained a few years, after which he returned to 
Alaine, and had a shop at Little Falls. When the War of the 
Rebellion came, he left his business and enlisted in Co. H, 17th 
Alaine Regiment. He participated in all the campaigns of that 
regiment. During the terrible Battle of the Wilderness, on Alay 
6, 1864, he was shot through the left breast and died in a Rebel 
hospital the same day, and was buried on the battlefield. He 
was exceedingly generous and warm-hearted in his impulses, 
and left many friends. He was unmarried. 

John P. H., son of Joseph C. and Alary (Purinton) Larry, 
married Alary, daughter of Rev. William P. and Anne (Stone) 
White. She was born in Pelham, Alass., Aug. 1, 1842, and died 
in Providence, R. I., Jan. 22, 1899. Air. Larry is gifted with 
rare mental qualities and has been a successful teacher in the 
schools of Alaine, New Hampshire, and Alassachusetts. During 
the Rebellion, he was Second Lieutenant of a Alassachusetts Co. 
of Heavy Artillery. He is a Congregational clergyman and 
resides in Edgeworth, R. I. His children : 

1. Edith W., born Oct. 17, 1867; married, Nov. 18, 1890, 
Charles Lee. 

2. Evangeline, born Nov. 1, 1872. 

3. John De AA^tt, born Jan. 26, 1875. 

4. Annie Alay, born June 1. 1878, m. Freeman Putney. Jr. 



464 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

5. William Pemi, born Sept., 1879, died young. 

6. Alice White, born Nov. 10, 1881. 

7. Ralph Ernest, born July 26, 1884. 

John P. H. Larry's second wife was Georgie Frazier, to 
whom he was married Nov. 14, 1899. She was l)orn at New 
Glasgow, N. S.. July 21, 1862. 

William A., son of Joseph and Mary (Purinton) Larry, 
married, Sept. 6, 1873, Ellen, daughter of Edward and Alice 
(Blanchard) True of W^indham. She was born July 13, 1851. 
He is a man of good natural abilities and has been much in 
X^ublic life ; having been one of the selectmen of Windham, and 
also a member of the superintending school committee for many 
years. He is a farmer and carpenter ; resides on the River 
Road, near Little Falls. His children : 

1. Alice Ethel, born Aug. 10, 1874. 

2. Bessie May, born Aug. 29, 1886. 

Charles J., son of Joseph C. and ^lary (Purinton) Lari-.v. 
married, Aug. 31, 1873, Rachel M., daughter of Oliver P. and 
Nancy (Phinney) Haskell of Windham. She died July 12. 
1905, aged 55 years. Their children: 

1. :\rary Ella, born Nov. 26, 1874. 

2. Edwin H., born Nov. 21, 1881. 

Charles J. Larry married foi* a second wife ^lary Hubbard 
of Guildhall, Vt. He is an ingenious mechanic, and, for many 
years, was a manufacturer of wood pulp and fibre board in 
Maine -and several western States ; resides now in Guildhall, Vt. 

LIBBY 

The ancestor of this family in America was John Libby, who 
came from P]ngland, during the winter of 1636-7, in the ship 
Hercules, W^illiam Chappell, Master. He came as an "em- 
ployee" of Robert Trelawney, who had a large grant of land 
at Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough, and vicinity. He remained in 
the employment of Trelawney for some time and afterwards 
purchased land in Scarborough, becoming quite a large land 
owner. We have not the date of his death. His will, which 
for comprehensive brevity, recommends itself to all lawyers and 
testators as a model, is as follows: "In the name of God amen, 



GENEALOGY 465 

Bee it known unto all unto whom this shall come that I, John 
Libby, Senior, do give unto my children five shillings apiece to 
every one of them & to my two younger sons, namely Mathew 
& Daniel to have fivety shillings out of ye estate, when they 
come of age, and my wife shall have it all, to her disposing to 
mantayn the children. 

Feb. 9, 1682. John Libby. 

Anthony Roe 1 ^^^.^ 

^ ^ > Witnesses 

Left. Ingersollv 

Arthur Libby. first of the name to settle in Windham, was 
a direct descendant in the sixth generation from the above tes- 
tator and was born in Scarborough, Feb. 28, 1760. He died in 
Windham, in June, 1885. He married Mary, daughter of Isaac 
and Dolly (Leighton) Allen of Falmouth. He purchased a 
farm in Windham, near the hill that still bears his name; and, 
in 1802, built the house, still standing, on the westerly side of 
the road, which is now the property of his descendants. His 
wife, Mary, died in March, 1840. Their first six children were_ 
born in Falmouth, and four more were born in Windham. They 
were as follows : 

1. William, born Dec. 6, 1786, m. Hannah Gould. 

2. Abigail, born July 27, 1789, m. John Cummins. 
8. Gideon, born Dec. 2, 1791, m. Jane Prince. 

4. Isaac, born Apr. 1. 1794. m. Sally Humphre.v. 

5. Asa, born June 15, 1797, m. Rachel Coombs. 

6. Peter, born Mar. 1, 1800, m. Ann Knight. 

7. Jam^cs, born June 15, 1808 ; d. unmarried, quite aged. 

8. Martha, born June 2, 1805, m. Samuel Frank. 

9. Betsey, born Dec. 24, 1808, d. when about 8 years old. 
10. Lewis, born Oct. 20, 1811, m. Eliza Knight. 

Gideon, son of Arthur and Mary (Allen) Libby, married, 
Jan. 21, 1813, Jane, daughter of Sylvanus and Sarah (Boston) 
Prince of North Yarmouth. He settled at East Windham, 
where he died Aug. 12. 1870. His wife, Jane, died in Falmouth, 
May 27, 1877. Their children were: 

1. Samuel, born Nov. 21, 1818. 

2. James, born Nov. 19. 1815. 



466 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

3. Huldah, bom Sept. 1, 1818, m. Charles Black. 

4. Martha, born Jan. 21, 1821, m. Asa Libby. 

5. Sarah, born June 6, 1823, m. Joab Black. 

6. Peter, born Mar. 14, 1826, m. Lucy A. Webber. 

7. Bela Prince, born Mar. 25, 1829. 

8. Gideon, Jr., born Dec. 30, 1831. 

Isaac, son of xVrthur and Mary (Allen) Libby, married, Nov, 
16, 1817, Sally Hunii)lu-ey. She died :\Iay 29, 1858. He was 
living in 1882 ; settled at East Windham, where they had eleven 
children : 

1. Mary, married James Libby. 

2. Betsey, m., Nov. 25, 1849, Charles Deering. 

3. Catherine, m. John Cobb. 

4. Lucinda, m., Nov. 18, 1848, Samuel Cobb. 

5. Elbridge, born Jan. 14, 1827, d. June, 1827. 

6. Asenath, born Mar., 1828; m. William F. Sawyer, Aug. 
7, 1853. 

7. Susan, born Oct., 1832 ; m., Nov. 28, 1852, Joseph West. 

8. Isaac, born Feb. 13, 1834; m. Mary A. Elliott, Jan. 2, 
1859. 

9. Joseph, born :\Iay 12, 1838; m.. July 4, 1862, Eliza Cash 
of Portland. 

10. Caroline, died in infancy. 

11. Daniel, married Nov. 24, 1867, Sarah A. Libby. 

Samuel, son of Gideon and Jane (Prince) Libby; married, 
in 1828, Keziah Stuart. He died at East Windham, Apr. 19, 
1866. His children were as follows: 

1. Sarah J., born Sept. 9, 1839, m. Oliver Hanson. 

2. Ann M., born Sept. 18, 1842, d. Jan. 29, 1844. 

3. Ann ]\I., born Feb. 18, 1844, d. May 7, 1863. 

4. Patia Mcintosh, born Mar. 19, 1849, d. Jan. 10, 1866. 

5. Frances E., boi-n Sept. 3, 1851; m., Feb. 17, 1872, Major 
H. Merrill. 

6. Charles A., born July 31, 1855, d. Sept. 6, 1870. 

7. James W., born Jan. 14, 1857. 

James, son of Gideon and Jane (Prince) Libby, married, 
June 16, 1837, Mary Libby. Children: 

1. Samuel, born Mar. 2, 1838. m. Mary E. Leighton. 



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467 



2. Elias, born Jan. 27, 1840, d. at Fredericksburg, Va. 

3. Richard L., born Feb. 16, 1842, m, Anna Black. 

4. Henry L., born Nov. 8, 1844. 

5. Laura E., born IMay 19, 1847, m. Uriah Cobb. 

6. Hannah E., born Jan. 14, 1850, m. Isaac Cobb. 

7. Elnora, born Sept. 28, 1852, d. Apr. 17, 1878. 

8. James D., born Feb. 8, 1855, d. Apr. 22, 1864. 

9. Charles C, born Apr. 24, 1857. 

Peter, son of Gideon and Jane (Prince) Libby, married, 
Jan. 22, 1852, Lucy A. Webber ; had nine children : 

1. Charles, born June 23, 1853, d. Oct. 23, 1853. 

2. Marcena B., born Sept. 24, 1854. 

3. ]\Iillard F., born Dec. 26, died next day. 

4. Edwin H., born Nov. 11, 1857. 

5. Emma E., born Mar. 3, 1860. 

6. William F., born Jan. 26, 1862. 

7. Delia Ann, born Jan. 13, 1864. 

8. Samuel P., born July 9, 1866. 

9. Freeland Staples, born Oct. 23, 1868. 

Bela Prince, son of Gideon and Jane (Prince) Libby, mar- 
ried, ;May 6, 1853, ^Mary S.. daughter of Rea and Harriet (Field) 
Elder. Children : 

1. Lucius P., born Apr. 3. 1854. 

2. :\Iarshall, born July 19, 1857. 

3. Sumner, born Apr. 1, 1860. 

Gideon, son of Gideon and Jane (Prince) Libby, married, 
Dec. 25, 1854, Betsey Elder. She was a sister of his brother's 
wife. Children : 

1. Harriet Ellen, born Oct. 28, 1855. 

2. Orren Wilson, born Aug. 9, 1858. 

3. Flora Belle, born Feb. 23. 1865. 

Richard, son of James and ]\Iary Libby, married, Oct. 25, 
1868, Anna Black. Children : 

1. Alton, born Oct. 8, 1869. 

2. Harlan C, born Oct. 11, 1872. 

3. Walter, born Nov. 19, 1875. 

4. Richard E., born Mar. 24, 1878. 



468 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

LITTLE 

Paul Little was born in Newbury, Mass., Apr. 1, 1740, and 
grew to manhood in that town. He was a goldsmith by trade. 
He was a valuable citizen of this town until his death. He was 
selectman ifi 1779, 1781, and 1790. He was a justice of the 
peace and did a large amount of law business. The Windham 
records show that between 1791 and 1813, he united in marriage 
one hundred and ninety-four couples. He died in Windham. 
Feb. 11, 1818, aged 78 years. ?klr. Little had three wives. His 
first wife was Hannah, daughter of Stephen Emery of New- 
bury, to whom he was married ^lay 20, 1762. They had two 
children : 

1. Hannah, born ]\Ia.v 1763; married, in 1783, 

Stephen Emery of West Newbury ; died Aug. 24, 1839. 

2. Paul, born Aug. 8, 1767. 

Mrs. Hannah Little, died Sept. 4, 1771, and, on Aug. 30, 
1772, he married JNIrs. Sarah Norton, widow of Timothy South- 
ern. They had four children : 

1. Mary, born Sept.. 1775, d. Nov. 10, 1786. 

2. Timothy, born Oct. 27, 1776. 

3. Moses, born Jan. 7, 1782. 

4. Thomas, born Nov. 27, 1787. 

Mrs. Sarah, second wife of Paul Little, died Sept. 26, 1797, 
and he married, in 1799, Mrs. Sarah Emerson of Poland, Me. 
They had one child, Sarah, born Mar. 20. 1802, married Oliver 
Gerrish of Portland, June 6, 1825. Mrs. Sarah, third wife of 
Paul Little, died I\Iay 23, 1817. 

Paul, Jr., son of Paul and Hannah (Emery) Little, married, 
Apr. 22, 1792, ^lary, daughter of Abraham and Bathsheba 
(Mayberry) Osgood. She was born in Falmouth, Sept. 22, 1772. 
He was a farmer and lived in the house which his wife's father 
Irailt on the ]\Iain Road near Little Falls. He died Jan. 5, 1849. 
She died Sept. 16, 1819. Had three children: 

1. Josiah, born Ai5r. 7, 1793. 

2. Mary, born Oct. 4, 1798, died, unmarried. Sept. 4, 1869. 

3. Moses, born Mar. 5, 1801. 

Timothy, son of Paul and his second wife, Sarah Norton 
(Southern) Little, married, in 1806. Elizabeth Lowell of Port- 



GENEALOGY 469 

land. He was a noted physician, settled in Portland, and died 
there, Nov. 27, 1849. His wife, Elizabeth, died Nov. 24, 1853. 
They had five children, but we are not able to get their record. 

Moses, son of Paul and Sarah (Norton) Southern Little, 
married Hannah, daughter of Rufus Horton of Portland, in 
1819, (intention entered Sept. 4th of that year). He settled at 
Windham Hill, where he died, July 31, 1866. Had three chil- 
dren who grew up : — Abbie, who was a school teacher and who 
died unmarried several years ago ; Augustus H., who was killed 
by the explosion of a powder mill at Gambo, July 7, 1862 ; and 
Moses, who lived on the paternal acres at Windham Hill. Prob- 
ably there were other children, who died young. 

Thomas, son of Paul and Sarah (Norton) Southern Little, 
married, Sept. 29, 1813, Keziah Hanson. He was, at one time, 
a merchant at Windham Hill. He died June 19. 1857. Had 
two children : 

1. William Hanson, born Jan. 1, 1816. 

2. Sarah Matilda, born Mar. 17, 1818. 

Josiah, son of Paul and Mary (Osgood) Little, was a farmer 
and lived on the "Osgood Farm," near Little Falls. He was 
twice married. His first wife was Barbara McI. Morrill, by 
whom he had three children : 

1. Sarah E., died, June, 1882, unmarried. 

2. John, married Jennette Hamblen ; went to Minneapolis, 
Minn. 

3. Moses, married Crowley; was a lawyer in Min- 
neapolis. 

Josiah Little's second wife was Betsey Crague, to whom he 
was married Oct. 13, 1847 ; no children. He died Dec. 27, 1855 ; 
the dates of his wives' deaths are not known. 

Moses, son of Paul and Mary (Osgood) Little, was a mer- 
chant at South Windham. He married Nov., 1827, and died 
Sept. 14, 1843. His widow died Apr. 5, 1886. They had five 
children : 

1. Mary E., born Sept. 6, 1828; died Sept. 14, 1851; un- 
married. 

2. Paul, born June 3, 1830, married Rhoda Manchester. 



470 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Was a Union soldier, and was killed at the Battle of Chaneellors- 
ville. 

3. Josiah, married Cynthia Whipple. He was born Mar. 
1, 1833 ; was a Union soldier. 

4. William, born Mar. 27, 1834, married Susan Lucy Brim- 
blecom ; served in the U. S. Navy. 

5. James W., born June 4, 1840, married Louise ^I. Wight; 
was a Union soldier; served in Co. F. 11th Me. Infantry; lives 
at Little Falls. 

LOVEITT 

The first of this name to settle in Windham, was Jonathan 
Loveitt. He was born at Cape Elizabeth, Me., Sept. 9, 1743, 
and died in Windham, Apr. 19, 1819. He married Mariam 
Mitchell. She was born Mar. 31, 1748; died Aug. 14, 1826. 

(For an account of his life, see Chapter X.) He and his wife, 
Mariam, had thirteen children : 

1. Mary, born Apr. 14, 1769, d. June 10, 1852. 

2. John, born Dec. 28, 1770, d. Jan. 19, 1785. 

3. Kobert, born Jan. 8, 1773, d. Nov. 30, 1773. 

4. Deborah, born Oct. 15, 1774, d. June 8, 1851, 

5. Jonathan, born Aug. 19, 1776. 

6. Robert, born Jan. 12. 1779. 

7. Benjandn, born Feb. 6, 1781. 

8. James, born Mar. 16, 1783. 

9. Elizabeth, born March 20, 1785,) d. Apr. 12, 1838. 

10. William, born March 20, 1785, Jd. June 1, 1848. 

11. John, born Mar. 29, 1792, )d. June 1, 1818. 

12. Mariam, born Mar. 29, 1792, |d. Nov. 13, 1876. 

13. Israel, born Feb. 20, 1797, d. June 17, 1804. 

Jonathan, son of Jonathan and Mariam (Mitchell) Loveitt, 
married. May 17, 1816, Lucy, daughter of John and Abigail 
(Witham) Cobby of Windham. She was born Sept. 29, 1784, 
and died Oct. 14, 1862. He died Apr. 16, 1848. He was a lum- 
berman in early life, but later settled on the farm recently owned 
by his son, Hiram. Had children, as follows : 

1. Hiram C, born Apr. 4, 1817. 

2. Eunice C, born Sept 11, 1818, d. Sept. 5, 1896. 



GENEALOGY 471 

3. Gardner, born July 6, 1821, d. May 10, 1853. 

4. Mariam A., born June 14, 1827. 

5. Nelson B., born Sept. 27, 1825. 

James, son of Jonatlian and Mariam (Mitchell) Loveitt, had 
four wives in the course of his long life. His first one was ^Nlar- 
garet Mitchell, (perhaps his cousin). There is no date of the 
marriage nor of her death, but she died previous to 1818. By 
her he had two children : 

1. Israel, married in Boston; went South many years ago, 
probably died there. 

2. Asa, married Emeline Frost. He Avas killed by the fall- 
ing of a derrick, Nov. 17, 1857. 

On Dec. 29, 1816, James Loveitt married Charlotte, daughter 
of John and Abigail (Winslow) Gallison, by whom he had four 
children, as follows: 

1. :Mitchell, born Mar. 22, 1818; married Betsey Files of 
Gorham; went to Ohio and died there, in 1894. 

2. John, born May 10, 1821. 

3. Margaret, married Edwin Hunnewell. 

4. Sarah, married a Mv. Hawkins. 

Mrs. Charlotte (Gallison) Loveitt died not long after the 
birth of this last child, and Mr. Loveitt entered his intention of 
marriage with ]\Iary Hooper of Windham, June 24, 1831. They 
had three children : 

1. William, married, first. Flora Thompson; second, Mary 
Ellen Stu'rgis. He died in Gorham, June 3, 1907, aged 74 years, 
11 months, 22 days. 

2. Martha, married, first, Stiles; second, — • 

Ciphers. 

3. Charlotte, married James Guptill of Gorham. 

James Loveitt 's fourth wife was a Mrs. Libby. Mr. Loveitt 
was a carpenter and joiner, in addition to which business he 
owned and cultivated the valuable farm, afterwards the property 
of the late Samuel Hawkes, in School District No. 9, in South 
Windham. He died Mar. 4, 1867. His third wife, Mary, died, 
according to the inscription on her gravestone, Nov. 2, 1854, 
aged 58 years, 

Robert, son of Jonathan and Mariam (Mitchell) Loveitt, 



472 WINDHAM IN THE PzVST 

married Sally, daughter of Col. Thomas and Mary (Mayberry) 
Chute. She was born in Windham, June 5, 1785, married Mr. 
Loveitt, June 5, 1803, and died Mar. 25, 1848. He was a lum- 
berman and farmer ; lived near Loveitt 's Falls on the farm 
afterwards owned by his son, Charles. He died Sept. 10, 1850. 
Had four children : 

1. Daniel, born Aug. 13, 1804. 

2. Thomas C, born July 22, 1809 ; drowned June 2, 1837. 

3. Charles, born June 12, 1811, married Nancy B. Jackson. 
He died May 29, 1850, and his widow married John Dolley. 

4. Margaret, born Dec. 2, 1818, married Frederick Purin- 
ton of Gorham. 

Benjamin, son of Jonathan and ]\Iariam (Mitchell) Loveitt, 
married Betsey Files of Gorham, (intention entered Oct. 5, 
1810). His wife was born Apr. 21, 1788, died Jan. 25, 1859. 
He died Jan. 30, 1857. He was a lumberman and farmer, lived 
in the large two-story house near Loveitt 's Bridge, the same 
now owned by his grandson, Frank. Had two children: 

1. Jonathan, born Aug. 17, 1812; died at Little Falls, Oct. 
5, 1889 ; was, for several years, a grocer at that place. He mar- 
ried, first, Joan, daughter of Caleb Hodgdon, Esq. She died 
Feb. 17. 1867, aged 54 years, and he married Harriet Water- 
house, who died Mar. 27, 1882, aged 72 years. His third wife 

was Lizzie L. f'rawford. She died Aug. 1884. No 

children, 

2. Sewell, born about 1817 ; married Sophia, daughter of 
Dea. Samuel and Kezia (Cash) Duran. She died Oct. 26, 1901^ 
aged 80 years, 3 months, 10 days. He died June 24, 1909, aged 
92 years, 4 months, 27 days. He was a farmer and always lived 
on the paternal acres. Had two children : 

1. Adelaide C, married William F. Mayberry, died Dec. 1, 
]900, aged 57 years, 4 months. 

2. Frank, married, first, Ella W. Libby; second Mary 
Duran; lives on his father's farm. 

William, son of Jonathan and Mariam (Mitchell) Loveitt, 

married Patience Brackett, Feb. 1820. He died May 

, 1848. We have no record of his wife's death. Chil- 
dren: 

1 . Caroline. 



GENEALOGY 473 

2. Eliza. 

3. Frederick. 

Hiram C, son of Jonathan, Junior, and Lucy (Cobby) 
Loveitt, married, in 1852, Nancy, daughter of John and Susan- 
nah (Greenleaf) Gallison. He was born Apr. 4, 1817. She 
was born May 5. 1823. and died Apr. 14, 1905. He died Apr. 
30, 1901. Had four children: 

1. Susan M., born Dec. 24, 1855, married Freeman Berry. 

2. Lucy E., born Aug. 31, 1859, married, first, Rich- 
ardson, second, Charles Lovis. 

3. Albion L.. born Nov. 1, 1863. 

4. Ulysses G., born Dec. 3, 1865. 

LOWELL 

The ancestor of this family in Windham, was Joshua Lowell, 
son of Abner and Lydia (Purrington) Lowell. He was born, 
says the old Record, "Oct. 28th or Nov. 8th of a Sabbath day 
night, 1744, in Falmouth." He died in Windham, Nov. 22, 
1839. He married, Oct. 27, 1768, Sarah, daughter of Thomas 
and Bethia (Spear) Mayberry. She was born in Windham, 
July 12, 1749, and died Aug. 1. 1838. Rev. John Wight's record 
of births and baptisms says that she was born, July 12, 1749, 
and baptized July 16th of that year. They settled in Windham, 
where he purchased two hundred acres of land, including 
Lowell's Hill, all of which is still held by his descendants. He 
was a " Housewright, " or joiner, and his brother, John, was 
his partner. He served awhile in the Revolutionary war. His 
children were as follows : 

1. Abner, born in Portland, Oct. 18, 1769. 

2. Thomas B., born in Portland, Aug. 18, 1772. 

3. John B., born in Windham, Aug, 3, 1774. 

4. Sarah, born in Windham, May 21, 1777; married Ezra 
Brown ; died Oct. 25, 1841. 

5. Rebecca, born in Windham, Apr. 14, 1780; died Sept. 
12, 1838 ; married Joseph Hawkes. 

6. Dorcas, born in Windham, Oct. 22, 1782; died Feb. 14, 
1870; married, Nov. 3, 1805, Capt. Daniel Smith of Hallowell, 
Me. 



474 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

7. Betsey, born in Windham, Aug. 23, 1785, died Mar. 
1807. 

8. Daniel B.. born in Windham, Aug. 7, 1790. 

9. Hannah, born in Windham, July 10, 1793, married 
James Hall, died Apr. 24, 1857. 

John B., son of Joshua and Sarah (Mayberry) Lowell, mar- 
ried Abigail, daughter of John and Abigail (Winslow) Gallison. 
She was born ^lar. 3, 1783, died July 27, 1840. They were mar- 
ried Mar. 14, 1802. Mr. Lowell died Sept. 22, 1859. Had seven 
children : 

1. Hiram, born Sept. 11, 1804, married, in July, 1828, Eliza 
Leighton; lived at Pride's Corner; died Feb. 29, 1872. 

2. Cyrus, born May 27, 1806, died May 1, 1829. 

3. Thomas, born Oct. 14, 1808; married Harriet E. Prince; 
lived at Pride's Corner, where he died Oct. 9, 1887. 

4. Eliza, born July 17, 1811; married, in ^lar., 1836, 
Veranus Hanson ; died Apr. 24, 1886 ; lived in Portland. 

5. Darius, born Nov. 29, 1813 ; married, first, Lucy H. 
Davis; second, Clara S. Bickford; lived at Pride's Corner, 
where he died July 26, 1887. 

6. Urban, born Jan. 2, 1816; married Mary J. Blake, Oct. 
21, 1841. 

7. Abner. born June 4, 1818, died Nov. 29, 1821. 

Daniel B., son of Joshua and Sarah (Mayberry) Lowell, 
married, in 1824, Betsey Hawkes. She was born Oct. 29, 1801, 
died Oct. 21, 1848. He died Nov. 25, 1865. Had the following 
children : 

1. Sarah Ann, born :\Iay 5, 1826; married, Sept. 10, 1850, 
Josiah B., son of Stephen and Tabitha (Read) Webb of Wind- 
ham. She died July 5, 1900. 

2. Capt. Oliver Hawkes, born Oct. 12, 1829; married. Mar. 
15, 1859, Olive S., daughter of Otis and Jane (Tukey) Varney. 
She died Apr. 3, 1859. He was a graduate of Tufts College in 
1859, and was a classical teacher in Gorham Seminary from 
1860 to 1862. In the second year of the Civil W^ar, he enlisted 
in Co. F, 16th Me. Infantry, and was soon promoted to be Capt. 
of Co. D, same Regt. July 2, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg, 
he was mortally wounded and died the same day. 

3. Cyrus Hamilton, born Mar. 4, 1834, died Sept. 2, 1837, 



GENEALOGY 475 

4. Louisa Hawkes, born Sept. 9, 1837 ; died May 10, 1869 ; 
unmarried. 

5. Mary Elizabeth, born Mar. 30, 1839, married, Apr. 15, 
1875, George Albert Newell of Durham, Me. They reside on 
the old homestead, purchased in 1779. 

6. Capt. Hamilton Smith, born Sept. 23, 1841, died in 
Windham, Jan. 17, 1866. He entered Bowdoin College in 1859, 
but, when the Rebellion broke out, he enlisted in Co. E, 12th 
Maine Regt. He was promoted to be Capt. of the same com- 
pany in 1862, while serving in Gen. Butler's Division at New 
Orleans. He served through the war and saw much active 
service. He was wounded at the Battle of Winchester, Va., 
Sept. 19, 1864. He was presented with a fine gold watch and 
chain for his bravery in capturing an English blockade runner ; 
in short, his military career was brilliant. He came home and 
died at the early age of 25 years. He was unmarried. 

James, son of John and Mary (Chapman) Lowell, was born 
in Windham, Mar. 20, 1789, died Feb. 23, 1884, married I\Iercy 
Hawkes. He learned the tailor's trade in Portland and settled, 
first in Westbrook; and, in 1825, settled on a farm in Windham. 
He and wife were honored members of the Friends' Society. 
She died July 13, 1862, aged 65 years, 9 months, and they are 
buried in Friends' cemetery near the meeting-house of that 
society. Their children were : 

1. Jane, born in Westbrook, Nov. 26, 1815 ; married, Sept. 
25, 1836, Joel Varney; died in Brunswick, Me., Oct. 28, 1867. 

2. Nathaniel Hawkes, born in Westbrook; died in Wind- 
ham, June 2, 1889 ; married, Nov. 6, 1844, Mary P. Allen. She 
died in Windham, Dec. 17, 1891, aged 73 years. Their children : 

1. Lindley N., born Oct. 10, 1846, died Sept. 15, 1849. 

2. Charles N., born July 4, 1857. 

3. Edw^ard Jones, born in Windham, Nov. 7, 1820 ; married, 
June 3, 1850, Augusta Bennett. She died Mar. 1, 1884, and he 
married, Jan. 4, 1887, Mrs. Caroline (Cobb) Dolley. He died 
Apr. 25, 1905. She died Aug. 15, 1896, aged 67 years. By his 
first wife he had one child: 

1. Dana Pierce, born May 22, 1856. 

Charles, son of Nathaniel and Mary P. (Allen) Lowell, mar- 



476 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

ried in Dorchester, Mass., Sept. 15, 1889, Ruby J. Croft. She 
was born in Centerville, King's County, N. S. He died in Fal- 
mouth, June 2, 1897. Had two children: 

1. Mary Ruth, born Aug. 9, 1892. 

2. Arthur William, born Apr. 22, 1896. 

Dana Pierce, son of Edward J. and Augusta (Bennett) 
Lowell, married, Apr. 17, 1880, Nettie F., daughter of Ira and 
Harriet (Hayden) Brown of Windham. He is a farmer and 
lives at Popeville. Had three children, as follows : 

1. Grace H., born Mar. 23, 1881. 

2. Fred S., born Dee. 18, 1886. 

3. Gertrude B., born Apr. 17, 1889. She was accidentally 
drowned with three others in Sebago Lake, July 4, 1908. 

Children of Darius and his first wife, Lucy H. (Davis) 
Lowell : 

1. Abner, born Jan. 14, 1848. 

By his second wife, Clara S. (Bickford) Lowell, he had two 
children, as follows : 

2. Lucy Isabel. 

3. Grace ^Marion. 

Children of Urban and Mary J. (Blake) Lowell, all born in 
Windham : 

1. Abbie, born Feb. 21, 1844. 

2. Emily, born Dee. 16, 1848, died Mar. 28, 1895. 

3. John F., born Oct. 10. 1857, died May 9, 1864. 

4. George W., born Nov. 9, 1856, died May 8, 1864. 

Alden G. Lowell was the son of Edward and Sally (Edes) 
Lowell and was born in Otisfield, Me., in 1827. He was a shoe- 
maker, and worked at that trade in Windham. He married 
Ellen J., daughter of Ebenezer and Eunice (Allen) Kemp, by 
whom he had one child, Clarence E. His wife, Ellen, died July 
9, 1869, aged 39 ; and he married Almira Swett, daughter of 
Moses and Sarah (Lunt) Swett of Falmouth. They had no 
children, and he died, according to the inscription on his head- 
stone, June 7, 1878, aged 51 years. 



GENEALOGY 477 

MANCHESTER 

Stephen Manchester, ancestor of the family in Windham, 
was born in Tiverton, R. I., May 23, 1717. He came to Wind- 
ham in 1738 (probably) and married Grace, daughter of John 
Farrow, the third settler of this town. He and his wife, Grace, 
had one child, Thomas, born in 1739, the first white child born 
in the township. ^Irs. Grace Manchester died about 1745, and 
was buried on their lot. She was about 26 years of age. He 
married, second, Seafair, daughter of William ^layberry, the 
second settler of the town, Dec. 21, 1749. She was born on the 
passage from Ireland, — hence her name. By her he had two 
children : 

1. Stephen, Jr., born Aug. 9, 1751, who never married. 
He enlisted for three years, Jan. 1, 1777, in Col. Joseph Vose's 
1st Mass. Regiment, went to Valley P^orge, where he was taken 
sick, was carried to Reading, Penn., and died there Jan. 5, 1778, 
aged 26 years. 

2. Abigail, born Nov. 9, 1753 ; married, Jan. 28, 1773, Davis 
Thurrel of Poland, Me., and died in that town. Soon after the 
birth of Abigail, ^Irs. Seafair Manchester died, Dec. 12, 1753, 
and he married for his third wife Mary Bailey, Apr. 9, 1758. 
She was born in ]\Iarblehead, ^lass., Nov. 4, 1726; being the 
daughter of Jolui and Rachel Bailey, Avho were of Marblehead, 
in 1726. She died in Windham, May 15, 1815, aged 88 years. 
By her Stephen ^lanchestcr had three children, as follows: 

1. Gershom. born May 10, 1761. 

2. Anna, born Feb. 13, 1765 ; married, in 1785, William 
Field of Falmouth; died in Windham, Feb. 10, 1857. 

3. John, born about 1767. 

Stephen JNlanchester was a valuable addition to the weak 
settlement of Windham, as he was an adept in all manner of 
wood-craft and mortally hated the Indians, against whose dep- 
redations he proved himself more than their match. It was he 
who fired the well-aimed shot that laid low Polin, the war-like 
chief of the Pesumscots, and forever broke the power of that 
haughty tribe and gave peace to the settlement. He was in 
Capt. George Berry's Company of Scouts. He was also in Capt. 
Daniel Hill's Company from March to December, 1748. When 
the Revolutionary War came, probably Stephen ^Manchester was 



478 



WINDHAM IN THE PAST 




Manchester Monument 



GENEALOGY 479 

the first man to enlist in the army from Windham. He was 
then 58 years old and enlisted in Capt. John Brackett's Com- 
pany, in Col. Edmund Phinney's 31st Kegt. of Foot, May 12, 
1775, and he marched to Cambridge July 3d. where he served 
under Washington until Dee. 31. He enlisted Jan. 1. 1776, in 
Capt. Jonathan Sawyer's Co., in Col. Edmund Phinney's 18th 
Continental Regt., served through the siege of Boston, and was 
discharged Aug. 20, 1776. He was a soldier in Capt. George 
Smith's Company in Col. Joseph Vose's 1st Mass. Regt., and 
served three years. He took part in the Saratoga campaign, 
was at the surrender of Burgoyne, spent the winter at Valley 
Forge, and returned home after his term of enlistment expired. 
(For other events in the life of Stephen ^Manchester, see Chapter 

n.) 

Gershom, son of Stephen and Mary (Bailey) ^lanchester, 
married July 23, 1787, and his wife's residence is given as Wind- 
ham. She died in 1842, aged 82 years. He lived, first near his 
father's at East Windham. Afterwards he moved to North 
Windham, where he died in 1853. aged 92 years. When eighteen 
years old, he enlisted in Capt. William Harris' Company and 
served twenty-six days at Falmouth Neck. The writer well re- 
members him as a man of medium stature, very erect at 90 years, 
and a great talker. He and his wife, Anne, had thirteen chil- 
di'cn : 

1. Thomas, born Nov. 19, 1787, m. Elizabeth Dolley. 

2. Isaac, born July 17, 1789. 

3. Esther, born July 11, 1791, m. Joseph E. Dolley. 

4. Mary, born Apr. 12, 1793. 

5. Stephen, born Aug. 8, 1795, m. ^lartha Allen. 

6. Meribah, born Aug. 4, 1797, m. Reuben Hackett. 

7. Jacob, born July 4, 1799, m. Rutli Kilborn. 

8. William, born Aug. 11, 1801. 

9. Benjamin, born Feb. 13, 1803, m. ]\Iary Nason. 

10. Nahum. born June 12, 1805, m. Lydia Austin. 

11. Anna, born Aug. 13, 1807, m. Daniel Stevens. 

12. Mary, born May 3, 1810. 

13. Comfort, born July 8, 1812, m. Ebenezer Nason. 

John, son of Stephen and ]\lary (Bailey) ]\Ianchester, mar- 
ried, Feb. 8, 1795, ^lary Hannaford. He lived near his father 



480 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

at East Windham; afterwards moved to West Gray, and died 

there, Sept. 1839, aged about 72 years. They had nine 

children, as follows: 

1. Abigail born Oct. 25, 1795. 

2. Eunice, born Mar. 10, 1797. 

3. Ephraim, born Feb. 17, 1799. 

4. Iluldah. born Jan. 20, 1802. 

5. Mary, born May 5, 1805, d. June 29, 1811. 

6. Ebenezer, born June 12, 1807. 

7. John, born Aug. 1, 1809. 

8. :\lary Ann, born June 12, 1812. 

9. Jane, born Aug. 29, 1814. 

We have recently o])tained the ancestry of Stephen .Alanches- 
ter, which we will insert here, as we believe it to be of interest 
to many Windham people. It is as follows: "Stephen ]\lan- 
chester's earliest known ancestor was Thomas ^Manchester, who 
had a grant of land at Portsmouth, Rhode Island. December 10, 
1657. He married Margaret Wood, daughter of John Wood of 
Portsmouth. She died in 1693, and he was alive in 1691. The 
following were the names of his children : John, Thomas, Jr., 
William, Stephen, .Mary, and Elizal)etli. Stephen married, first, 
Sept. 13, 1684, Elizabeth, daughter of C4ershom Wodell of Ports- 

moutli. Slie died in 1719. and he mai'i'ied Demaris , her 

last name unknown. He was a freeman in 1684. and was an 
inhabitant of Tiverton, R. 1., at the organization of that town, 
]Vlar. 2, 1692. His children were Gershom, born about 1687. 
and Ruth, boi-n May 27, 1690." 

Gershom, son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Wodell) ^lanches- 
ter and father of Stephen of New ^larblehead (Windham), re- 
sided at Tiverton, R. I., and his wife was named Anne. They 
Avere married about 1707. They had five children, as follows: 

1. Elizabeth, born Sept. 28. 1709; married, Apr. 28, 1730. 
John Tripp. 

2. Hannah, born Feb. 4. 1711; married. Feb. 4, 1732, 
Othneal Tripp. 

3. Stephen, born May 23, 1717; went to New Marblehead. 
4 and 5. Alex and Ober, twins, born Apr. 14, 1723. Ger- 
shom IManchester married for liis second wife ^larv Farrow of 



GENEALOGY 48 1 

Portsmouth, R. I., Dec. 16, 1731, and had one child. John, born 
Nov. 4, 1732. 

John Manchester, son of Gershom and ^lary (Farrow) Man- 
chester, and half brother to Stephen, was a small boy, when his 
father came to Windham, then called New Marblehead. In 
1752. he took up Home Lot No. 16 ; and. before 1759, had cleared 
nine acres of land and built a house. In 1756 he married Com- 
fort Bunker of North Yarmouth, ]\Ie., but the tradition is that 
she came from Blount Desert. A few months after his marriage 
he joined the church, being then twenty-three years of age. 
He also owned Home Lots Nos. 14 and 15. "His first child," 
says the old record, "died about a fortnight oald. " He had 
daughters, ]Mar,y and Hannah, probably other children. He was 
a garrison soldier in 1757. under Sergt. Thomas Chute. In 1761 
he sold his land in Windham, and probably w^ent then, or the 
next year, to Blount Desert, where he was living in 1790. 

:\IAYBERRY 

William Mayberry. ancestor of all bearing the name in Wind- 
ham and vicinity, was a native of the parish of l^allemoney, 
near Coleraine, Antrim Count.v, Ireland. The date of his l)irth 
we do not know, but he died in Windham, according to the 
church records, ]\Iar. 15, 1765. His wife was Bathsheba Dennis, 
to whom he was married in Ireland, and who accompanied him 
to this country. No date of her birth, death, or marriage can 
now be found. He was a blacksmith, and it is said that the 
cinders of his old forge are still to be seen at Ballemoney. He 
had two sons born in Ireland, John and Thomas. Thinking to 
better his condition, he took passage for this country and landed 
at ^larblehead, ]\Iass., sometime previous to 1735. During the 
long and wearisome passage, a daughter was born to ^Ir. and 
]Mrs. Mayberry. wlio was given the significant name of Sea Fair. 
Just how long he remained in ^Marblehead is uncertain ; but, 
while living there, his son. Ricliard. was born. This was some- 
time in 1735. 

When the Great and General Court of ^lassachusetts granted 
to sixty inliabitants of ^larblehead the territory comprised in 
the present town of Windham, ^Ir. ^Mayberry had been a resident 
of the old burgh long enough to be included among the grantees 



482 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

of the new township. In the division of the home lots, No. 57 
fell to his share. It does not appear that he settled on this lot, 
but on Home Lot No. 11, which he probably purchased of Robert 
Bull, the original owner ; and here he built a log house, in which 
his daughter Anne (sometimes written Nancy) was born, she 
being the second white child born within the limits of the town- 
ship. The time of his settlement is said to have been 1737. 
(For leading facts in Mr. Mayberry's Windham residence, see 
Chapter II.) William and Bathsheba (Dennis) ^Nlayberry had 
the following children : 

1. John, born in Ireland. 

2. Thomas, born in Ireland. 

3. Sea Fair, born at sea on the passage from Ireland, 173 — 1. 
She became the second wife of Stephen Manchester, married 
Dec. 21, 1749, died Dec. 12, 1753, aged about 23 years. 

4. Richard, born in Marblehead, in 1735. 

5. Nancy (or Anne), born in Windham, May 23, 1740; 
married. June 27. 1759, Gershom Winship ; died Feb. 10, 1808. 

John, son of AVilliam and Bathsheba (Dennis) Mayberry, 
married in Marblehead, Elizabeth Dennis, probably his cousin. 
AVe are not able to give the date of their marriage. He settled 
on Home Lot No. 57, the original right of his father ; and the 
date of his settlement is given as 1751. He also owned the 
adjoining lot, No. 56. Like his father, he was a blacksmith 
and, throughout his life, exercised that handicraft more or less. 
He Avas an active, enterprising man and a good citizen. He died 
Mar. 2, 1805, aged 89 years. His wife, Elizabeth, died Nov. 21, 
1800. They had five children: 

1. Elizabeth, born in 1742, married James Webb, died in 
1827, aged 85 years. 

2. William, born in 1745. 

3. Charity, married Enoch Graffam. 

4. Bathsheba,) married James 0. Mayberry. 

5. Rebecca, ttwin with Bathsheba, and died unmarried. 

Thomas, son of William and Bathsheba (Dennis) Mayberry, 
married, Jan. 17, 1745. Bethia, daughter of Capt. David Spear 
of Tiverton, R. I. She died very suddenly; the church records 
say, "in her sleep," June 14, 1769. The town records say that 
he married Anne Swett, Dec. 3, 1767 ; but, from other sources, 



GENEALOGY 483 

we learn that Mrs. Bethia Mayberry died June 14, 1767, or one 
day after her son. John, was born ; and that ^Ir. ]\Iayberry mar- 
ried Annie Swett, Dec. 3, 1768. She, too, died suddenly, Apr. 
6, 1770, and, on Sept. 9th of that year, he entered his intention 
of marriage with ^Margaret Weeks of Falmouth. We can find 
no record of the marriage here, but it doubtless took place in 
Falmouth (now Portland). She survived him several years, 
and was appointed administratrix of his estate in 1777. She 
died, according to the church records, Dec, 14, 1783. She is 
buried on the Weeks family lot in the old Eastern Cemetery in 
Portland, and her headstone gives the date of her death some- 
what differently, but we think the above is correct. 

Thomas Mayberry was a shrewd, enterprising man and accu- 
mulated quite a fortune for the times in which he lived. He 
owned Home Lots 17, 18, 19, and 20. and, during the last Indian 
war. had a well-fortified garrison-house on Lot 19. In 1773, 
he paid the highest tax paid by any single individual in town, 
his tax for that year being 7 pounds, 1 shilling, in addition to 
which he paid a tax of 12 shillings, 3 pence for a negro slave. 
The date of his death we do not know, but it was previous to 
1777. By his first wife, Bethia, he had ten children, all born 
in AVindham : 

1. William, born Feb. 1. 1745. died Api'. 25, 1745. 

2. William, born Apr. 12. 1746. 

3. John, born .Mar. 28, 1748, died Aug. 27, 1748. 

4. Sarah, born July 12, 1749; married, Oct. 28. 1768, 
Joshua Lowell. 

5. Thomas, born July 17, 1751. 

6. Hathsheba, born July 14, 1753; married, Dec. 29, 1774. 
Abraliam Osgood. 

7. David, born Alar. 8, 1756. 

8. Alary, born Sept. 21, 1762, married Col. Thomas Chute. 

9. Richard, born Aug. 1764. 

10. James, born in 1766. 

11. John, born June 13, 1767. 

Children by second wife, Anne Swett : 

12. Hannah, born Feb. 1770, bapt. by Rev. Peter T. 

Smith, Feb. 18, 1770. 

By his third wife. Alargaret Weeks, he had : 



484 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

13. Margaret, born Dec. 1771 ; baptized by Rev. 

Peter T. Smith, Dec. 8, 1771. What became of these two aaugh- 
ters, we have no means of knowing. 

Richard, son of William and Bathsheba (Dennis) ^layberry, 
married, sometime previous to 1756, Martha, daughter of 
Thomas Bolton of Windham. He settled on the paternal acres 
and cared for his i:»arents in their old age. In addition to his 
farming operations, he worked at wliat seems to have been the 
family trade, namely blacksmithing. When the Revolutionary 
War came, he left his business, enlisted, and was commissioned 
Captain of the Fifth Company in the Eleventh Regiment of 
Massachusetts Bay forces, commanded by Col. Benjamin Tupper. 
He served for more than three years, was a brave and efficient 
officer, and received an honorable discharge. He returned to 
Windham and soon afterwards, sold his property here and re- 
moved to Raymond, Me., where he bought a large tract of wild 
land. While clearing it of the w^ood and timber, he was acci- 
dentally killed by a falling tree. This sad event took place 
Nov. 4, 1807. He and his wife, Martha, had children, as follows : 

1. ]\Iary, born Nov. 10, 1756, married Edward Anderson. 

2. William, born Dec. 12. 1758. 

3. Thomas, born May 21, 1761. 

4. Bathsheba, born Sept. 25, 1763, married Abijah Purinton 
of Windham. 

5. Anne, born Feb. 28. 1766, died ]\Iar. 8. 1766. 

6. Richard, Jr., born Apr. 25, 1767. 

7. Anne, born Nov. 30, 1769, married P]zekicl Jordan. 

8. Daniel, born Mar. 21, 1773. 

9. Edward, born Sept. 28. 1775. 

William, son of John and Elizabeth (Dennis) Mayberry, 
married, in 1763, Jane ^liller, (intention entered Feb. 26th of 
that 5'ear, and her residence was given "of Windham.") He 
was a farmer and settled on a farm, which he cleared from the 
wilderness, on the easterly side of "Canada Hill," the same 
being now (1912) the property of his grandson, William M 
Smith. He died there in 1829, aged 84 years. His wife, Jane, 
died Feb. 10, 1808. ^Ir. Mayberry was a large-framed man, 
exceedingly strong and muscular, and possessed of great powers 
of endurance. He was always called "Cash Bill," to designate 



GENEALOGY 485 

him from others of the same name in the family. He and his 
wife, Jane, had eleven children, as follows : 

1. John, born Oct. 20, 1763. 

2. James, born July 26, 1765; died Apr. 17, 1830; un- 
married. 

3. Richard, born :\Iar. 18, 1767. 
•4. William, born Jan. 29, 1769. 

5. Jane, born Feb. 11, 1772; died Nov. 25, 1851; unmar- 
ried. 

6. Samuel, born Mar. 1, 1775. 

7. Betsey, born Apr. 25, 1776, married Thomas Bodge. 

8. Andrew, born Apr. 9, 1778. 

9. Charity, born June 30, 1780; died Apr. 23, 1855; un- 
married. 

10. Josiah, born Jan. 27, 1783. 

11. Sally, born Feb. 16, 1786, married William H. Smith. 

William, son of Thomas and Bethia (Spear) ]\Iayberry, mar- 
ried, Feb. 4, 1768, Rhoda (or Rose) Wolden. He was a trader 
near "Windham Hill," and was known as "Marchant Bill." 
His children, so far as known, were: 

1. Bethia, born Aug. 10, 1768, married Ebenezer Proctor. 

2. Anne, born 1770, married, probably, Amos Rogers. 

3. David Spear, born May 1, 1772. 

4. Robert, born Mar. 21, 1774. 

5. Thomas, baptized July 1776. 

6. Isaac, born in 1780. 

7. Abraham, settled in Gorham. 

8. Moses. 

9. Sally, was a school teacher ; died unmarried. 
10. Zephaniah, settled in Cumberland, Me. 

Thomas, son of Thomas and Bethia (Spear) Mayberry, mar- 
ried, Apr. 28, 1774, ]\Iary Worster. We know but little about 
this man, but are inclined to think that he was the Thomas May- 
berry whose death appears on the town records, under date of 
June 27, 1805. We have the record of five of his children, born 
in Windham, as follows: 

1. Josiah, born Feb. 13, 1775. 

2. Dorcas, born Aug. 15, 1777. 

3. Lovina, born May 11, 1780. 



486 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

4. Merriam, born Apr. 19, 1783. 

5. Sally, born Aug. 12, 1789. 

Richard, son of Thomas and Bethia (Spear) Mayberry, 
married, Feb. 18, 1789, Merriam Thomson of Windham. He 
was a farmer and lived in the easterly part of the town. His 
children appear to have been Ezekiel, Edward, Amos, and five 
daughters : Rebecca, who married Nathaniel Knight, Polly, Mary, 
Nabby, and Hannah. 

David, son of Thomas and Bethia (Spear) Mayberry, mar- 
ried, Nov. 1781, Jemima Spurr of Windham. We are 

unable to give the facts about this man. On the town records 
appear the following children of David and Jemima (Spurr) 
Mayberry, born in Windham : 

1. Joseph, born Oct. 26. 1782. 

2. Polly, born Feb. 8, 1785. 

John, son of Thomas and Bethia (Spear) Mayberry, entered 
his intention of marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of James 
and Elizabeth (Mayberry) Webb, Dec. 13, 1788. He was a 
farmer and lived near the outlet of Collins Pond, then called 
the "Ditch Brook." The date of his death, we do not know, 
but his wife, Elizabeth, ("known as Aunt Betsey"), died in 
1866, aged 98 years. Their children: 

1. Bethia, married, first, Samuel Tukey, second, 

Hathaway. 

2. Ezra, married Hannah Page, Nov. 7, 1822. 

3. Rebecca, married. May 25, 1828, John O. Page. 

4. Josiah. 

5. Webb, died in infancy. 

John ]\Iayberry was an honest, upright man and was highly 
respected by his neighbors. He was always called "Paddlefoot 
John, ' ' though, for what reason, we do not know. 

William, son of Capt. Richard, and Martha (Bolton) May- 
berry, married, Dec. 25, 1783, Rebecca, daughter of John and 
Rebecca (Chute) Bodge of Windham. He was a farmer and 
lived near Great Falls, the place being then called "Spruce 
Swamp." He afterwards moved to Casco, where he died in 
1850, aged 91 years. The date of his wife's death, we do not 
know. He was a Revolutionary soldier and served three vears 



GENEALOGY 487 

in his father's company. He was always called "Spruce Bill," 
He and his wife, Martha, had nine children : 

1. Martha, married, Col. F. Chute. 

2. Francis, married Susannah Stuart. 

3. Benjamin, married, Lois Johnson. 

4. Betsey, married Daniel Walker. 

5. iMary, married Richard Cook. 

6. Oliver, married Betsey Haskell. 

7. Rebecca, died unmarried. 

8. Lucy, died unmarried. 

9. Nancy, married Charles Turner. 

Richard, Jr., son of Capt. Richard and ^Martha (Bolton) 
]\Iayberry, married, Jan. 20, 1793, ]Mary Jordan. Their children 
were : 

1. Mehitable. 

2. Betsey. 

3. Jordan. 

4. Catharine. 

5. Nathaniel. 

6. Mary Ann. 

7. Mary. 

8. Martha. 

9. Louisa. 

Daniel, son of Capt. Richard and Martha (Bolton) Mayberry, 
married Betsey Nash. Their children were as follows : 

1. Ann, 

2. Eliza. 

3. Elijah. 

4. Richard. 

5. Samuel. 

6. Daniel. 

7. Martha. 

8. Sophia. 

9. Abbie. 

Edward, son of Capt. Richard and Martha (Bolton) May- 
berry, married Mary Johnson. Children: 

1. Martha Maria, married John Webb, Esq. 

2. Eliza Ann, married Thomas Webb, 



488 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

3. Potter J. 

4. Susan. 

5. Alice, married Samuel Patch. 

6. Edward. 

7. Grinfill, died in infancy, 

8. Grinfill, died in infancy. 

John, son of William and Jane (Miller) IMayberry, married, 
Oct. 9, 1788, Rachel, daughter of Jonathan and ]\Iary AVilson, 
then of Windham. She died Aug. 1, 1818, aged 47 years, and 
he died Apr. 1, 1841, aged 78 years. He was a farmer, and 
settled on the easterly side of "Canada Hill," near his father. 
He was a soldier in Capt. Isaac Parsons 's Co., Col. Joseph 
Prime's Regt., and served at Thomaston, then called "Baga- 
duce, " from ]\Iay 7, 1780. until Dec. 6. 1780, when the regiment 
was discharged. He and his wife, Rachel, had six children : 

1. Polly, born ]\Iar. 8, 1789; married in 1809, Isaac, son of 
William and Rhoda (W^olden) ^layberry, (intention entered 
Mar. 8th of that year). Their children were: Moses, Alvin, 
Joshua, Peter, and Emily. 

2. James, born July 2, 1790. 

3. Joshua, born May- 18, 1792, enlisted in the U. S. Army 
during the War of 1812, and was never heard from afterwards. 

4. Rachel, born Feb. 11, 1796, died unmarried. 

5. Elizabeth, born Apr. 15, 1801, married, Lewis Verrill. 
Had children as folloAvs: Daniel. Laura, Charles H., Margaret, 
and Hannah. 

James, son of William and Jane (Miller) Mayberry, did not 
marry. He inherited from his Aunt Rebecca the farm on which 
his grandfather, John, settled, and spent his long life in agri- 
cultural pursuits. He is said to have been of a calm, sedate 
temperament, and mingled but little with the outside world. 
He died Apr. 17, 1830, aged 65 years. 

Richard, son of AVilliam and Jane (Miller) Mayberry, was 
twice married. His first wife was ]\Iary Huston, to whom he 
was married Oct. 22, 1798. By her he had the following chil- 
dren : 

1. Lydia H., born Aug. 8, 1799; married, Dec. 7, 1834, 
Mills H. Brown of Scarborough. 



geneajjOGY 489 

2. Jane, born Oct. 31, 1801 ; married, Oct. 20, 1827, William 
Mayberry of Gray. 

3. Simon, , died young. 

■4. Stephen P., born Mar. 12, 1804; was drowned in Little 
River, June 10, 1824. 

5. ]Mary Ann, born June 5, 1806, died Aug., 1827. 

Mrs. Mary (Huston) ^Mayberry died Nov. 7, 1826, aged 55 
years; and Mr. Mayberry married, in 1828, Betsey Brackett of 
Limington. By her he had one child, Sarah Ann, who married 
Alpeus Wardleigh of Dayton, Me. Richard ^Mayberry settled 
on a farm in Gorham, near "Fort Hill." He was ahvays called 
"Uncle Dicky." He died Jan. 13. 1853, aged 87 years. 

William, son of William and Jane (Miller) Mayberry, was 
twice married. His first wife was Mary Trott, to whom he was 
married Oct. 10, 1793. She died Feb. 10, 1820, aged 50 years; 
and he contracted a second marriage with her sister, Abigail 
Trott, who died July 7, 1832, aged 65 years. He died June 16, 
1834. He was a farmer and settled on the banks of Pleasant 
River in the "Mayberry Neighborhood." He always bore the 
reputation of being an honest man and a kind neighbor. His 
farm is now owned by his great-grandson, Thomas Milton Doug- 
lass. From the fact that both his wives were named Trott, he 
was designated as "Trott" Bill. Children, all by his first wife: 

1. Thomas, born Jul.y, 1796. 

2. William, born Oct. 20, 1798. 

3. Eliza, baptized June 21, 1801, died May 22, 1805. 

4. Joseph, baptized June 12, 1803. 

5. Sarah, born Sept. 15, 1806; died Sept. 16, 1883, aged 
77 years; unmarried. 

Samuel, son of William and Jane (^liller) ]\Iayberry, married 
Sarah Pattengall. She died June 13, 1858, aged 82 years. He 
died Nov. 16, 1811, aged 36 years. He was by trade a rope 
maker ; lived in Portland and died there. His children were : 

1. William, born in 1809, married, first, Martha Maxwell; 
second, Mehitable Lowell ; died in Westbrook several years ago. 

2. Samuel, born 1811. 

3. Jane, married Nathaniel Redlon. 

Andrew^ son of William and Jane (Miller) Mayberry, mar- 



490 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

ried, Apr. 2, 1811, Margaret, daughter of Capt. Thomas and 
Sarah (Knapp) Trott of Windham. She was born Aug. 8, 1789, 
and died June 6. 1872, aged 82 years. He died June 23, 186-4, 
aged 86 years. He was a farmer and settled in the Mayberry 
Neighborhood ; lived and died there. Had eleven children, as 
follows : 

1. Asa L., born Aug. 26, 1812. 

2. Jane, born June 7, 1814; married Charles Paine of 
Westbrook; died Feb. 14, 1891. 

3. Sally, born Mar. 17, 1816, married Joshua Lowell 
Hawkes of Windham, died Dec. 16, 1908. 

4. Simon, born Mar. 15, 1818; married ]\Iary Hall; died 

in Westbrook, where he had lived many years, Oct. 1902, 

aged 84 years. 

5. James L., born Mar. 1, 1820; died Sept. 27, 1843; un- 
married. 

6. Margaret, born Apr. 2, 1822, married, first, Merritt 
Mayberry; second, George Mayberry. 

7. Mary Ann, born Mar. 5, 1824 ; married Lorenzo Knight, 
died Feb. 14, 1906. 

8. Andrew Dennis, born Dec. 28, 1825, married 

Strout. He was a Union soldier, a member of Co. D, 20th Me. 
Regiment; was mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg. 
July 2d; died in hospital, July 5, 1863, aged 38 years. 

9. William Francis, born May 4, 1828 ; married Adelaide 
C. Loveitt; died Oct. 13, 1910; had no children. 

10. Thomas J., born July 20, 1830, married Cynthia 
Humphrey of Gray. She died Dec. 19, 1896. Had two children. 

11. John H., born Feb. 3, 1834, married Knight. 

He is a farmer ; lives in the Mayberry Neighborhood. Had two 
children : Jennie, Ernest. 

Josiah, son of William and Jane (^liller) Mayberry, born 
Jan. 27, 1783, died June 5, 1870. He had four wives. He mar- 
ried, first, Oct. 25, 1806, his cousin, Eunice Miller of Windham. 
She died Dec. 26, 1815, aged 33 years; and, on Jan. 24, 1818, 
he entered his intention of marriage with Eliza, daughter of 
Capt. Joshua and Mary (Bailey) Swett of Gorham. The mar- 
riage doubtless took place in that town, as we find no record 
of it here. She died Jan. 3, 1834, aged 39 years. Dec. 17, 1836, 



GENE.VLOGY 491 

he entered his intention of marriage with Mrs. Mary (Ander- 
son) Senter, widow of Noah J. Senter of Windham. She died 
Dee. 3, 1846. His fourth wife was Rebecca Elkins, who died 
Nov. 10, 1859. Josiah Mayberry was a farmer and settled in 
the Mayberry Neighborhood on the same land now (1912) owned 
by his son Stephen. Children by first wife : 

1. Andrew, born Mar. 12, 1807. 

2. Charity, born July 8, 1808, first wife of Oliver P. Haskell. 

3. Samuel, born 1812, died Dec. 20, 1837. 

4. Robert, born Aug. 19, 1810. 

5. Richard, born May 19, 1814. 

Children by second wife : 

1. Eunice, born Dec. 4, 1820; married Joseph, son of 
Thomas and Mary (Trott) Mayberry of Windham; died Mar. 
17, 1879. 

2. Joshua S., born Dec. 27, 1822. 

3. Stephen, born Feb. 25, 1825. 

4. Sarah J., born Nov. 14, 1829, married David W. Hawkes. 

5. Clark, died Dec. 15, 1836, aged 6 years. 

6. Edmund D., born Oct. 31, 1832. 

James, son of John and Rachel (Wilson) Mayberry, married 
Sally Baker. July 3, 1820; settled in Portland and died there 
Oct. 3, 1856. She died Mar. 24, 1864. 

Daniel, son of John and Rachel (Wilson) Mayberry, married, 
Apr. 9, 1828, Charlotte Jane, daughter of Robert and Sabra 
(Kendrick) Walker; lived for several years on his father's 
farm; then moved to Westbrook, where his wife died Dec. 4, 
1850, He went to Portland, where he married a second time; 
but finally returned to Windham and died there Feb. 3, 1883. 
His children were : 

1. Sarah J., married Isaac Bailey. 

2. Mary E., died, a young woman; unmarried. 

3. Frances E. 

4. Harriet. 

5. Ann Maria. 

6. Nathaniel, died in infancy. 

William, son of William and Mary (Trott) Mayberry, mar- 
ried Jane, daughter of Richard and Mary (Huston) Mayberry. 



492 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

He was for many years a grocer at Gray Corner ; moved to Cape 
Elizabeth and died there several years ago. We have no record 
of his wife's death. He was known as "Winking Bill," from 
an optical peculiarity. Had three children, all born in Gray; 

1. Stephen, died ]\Iay 25, 1907, aged 74 years. 

2. Mary Ann, died May 14, 1900. 

3. Henrietta, died Jan. 31, 1910, aged 71 years. 
None of the above children were ever married. 

Thomas, son of William and Mary (Trott) Mayberry, mar- 
ried Mary Trott. She died Oct. 3, 1881, aged 83 years. He 
died Nov. 13, 1878, aged 82 years. He was a wealthy farmer, 
and lived on the land which his father cleared from the forest. 
He was a man of sound judgment and, in his early days, was, 
for many years, a town official. His children were: 

1. Eliza, married Edmond Douglass; died July 2, 1886. 

2. Mary J., married Richard Mayberry. 

3. Joseph, died Jan. 26, 1888, aged 63 years. 

Samuel, son of Samuel and Sarah (Pettingall) Mayberry, 
was twice married ; first to Jane Todd of Portland ; second to 
Helen, daughter of John and Rachel (Bolton) Morton of Gor- 
ham. She died Mar. 1, 1882. She was born Apr. 9, 1827. He 
was a tanner and currier and, for man.v years, carried on that 
business. He lived in the Quaker Neighborhood, on the same 
farm now owned by his son, Royal T. Mayberry. His wife, 
Jane Todd, by whom he had three children, died June 19, 1854, 
aged 32 years. He died in 1889, aged about 78 years. Chil- 
dren, by first wife: 

1. Ellen, born May 22, 1847; unmarried. 

2. E. Clinton, born May 9, 1849 ; killed by an explosion of 
powder mill at Gambo, Oct. 27, 1879. 

3. Royal T., born Oct. 2, 1854; married Julia, daughter of 
Albert L. Elder; lives on his father's farm. 

Children by second wife, Helen Morton : 

1. Jennie, born March 6, 1859; married Edward Robin- 
son, M.D., and died in Falmouth, Mar. 29, 1910, aged 51 years. 

2. Alice, born 1865; married. May 16", 1893, Isaac D. Har- 
per, M.D. ; lives at South Windham. 

Asa L., son of Andrew and Margaret (Trott) Mayberry, 



GENEALOGY 493 

married Sarah Wescott. He was a farmer, and lived in the 
Mayberry Neighborhood. He died Mar. 10, 1880, aged 68 years. 
His wife died Jan. 14, 1879, aged 69 years. Their children 
were: 

1. John H. 

2. Margaret A. 

3. Lyman D., died Aug. 20, 1869, aged 18 years. 

Andrew, son of Josiah and Eunice (Miller) Mayberry, 
entered his intention of marriage with Rebecca Whitcomb, Mar. 
12, 1833; settled in Bangor, Me., and died there, Nov. 4, 1861. 
Children: Mary E., Hattie. and Josiah. 

Robert, son of Josiah and Eunice (Miller) Mayberry, mar- 
ried Pamelia, daughter of James and Pamelia (Paine) Webb. 
He was a farmer ; lived in the ^Mayberry Neighborhood, and died 
there Dec. 30, 1854, aged 44 years. His children were: 

1. Charity A., died Jan. 14, 1855, aged 15. 

2. Mary E. D., died Sept. 27, 1855, aged 13. 

3. Samuel, died Dec. 21, 1906, in Otisfield. 

Richard, son of Josiah and Eunice (Miller) Mayberry, mar- 
ried. Mar. 30, 1840, Mary J., daughter of Thomas and Mary 
(Trott) Mayberry. He was a farmer and lived in the ^lay- 
berry Neighborhood, where he died, greatly respected by all 
who knew him. Mar. 6, 1897, aged 82 years, 9 months. His wife 
died Oct. 12. 1900. Their children were: 

1. Almeda E., born Dec. 14, 1848. 

2. Mary A., born Aug. 30, 1854. 

3. Frank N., born Oct. 22, 1858. 

4. Frederick E., born Apr. 27, 1865. 

Joshua, son of Josiah and his second wife, Eliza (Swett) 
Mayberry, married Olive Emery. She died Oct. 22, 1855, aged 
23 years, 6 months ; and he married Martha, daughter of Johnson 
K. Allen. He was a farmer, and lived near his father. By his 
first wife he had one child, Olive Ann, died May 1, 1855, aged 
6 months, 10 days. 

By his second wife, he had four children, as follows : 

1. Ida E., born Apr. 9, 1860, died Mar. 7, 1879. 

2. Minnie Edith, born July 11, 1869, died Mar. 27, 1879. 



494 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

3. Rubie Bessie, bom Dec. 24, 1871, died Mar. 16, 1879. 

4. Eliza, married Charles Irish ; lives in Gorham. 

Joshua S. Mayberry died July 1, 1905, aged 82 years, 6 
months, 24 days. 

Edmund D., son of Josiah and Eliza (Swett) ]\Iayberry, 
married, Nov. 22, 1857, Sarah A. Knight of Westbrook. He 
was a farmer and lived near Gambo ; he died Apr, 23, 1910, 
aged 78 years. She died Mar. 17, 1894, aged 57 years, 10 
months, 20 days. Children: 

1. Melburn L., born Aug. 29, 1859, died Sept. 22, 1864. 

2. Josiah, born Apr. 7. 1861, )died young. 

3. Samuel, born Apr. 7, 1861, (died young. 

4. Melburn E., born May 1, 1864. 

5. Walter Seott, born June 1, 1867. 

6. Howard Clark, born Sept. 17, 1869. 

James 0., son of Thomas and Bethia (Spear) ]\Iayberry, 
married, Dec. 1, 1785, Bathsheba, daughter of John and Eliza- 
beth (Dennis) Mayberry; settled on a farm on the southeasterly 
side of "Canada Hill," lived and died there. Children as fol- 
lows : 

1. John, born Mar. 24, 1786. 

2. Rebecca, born May 1. 1790. 

3. Joshua L., born July 5, 1797, d. Jan. 31, 1808. 

4. James, died Jan. 31, 1808. 

5. Elizabeth, born July 3, 1801; married Oliver Dole; died 
Aug. 24, 1833. 

John, son of James 0. and Bathsheba Mayberry, married, 
Nov. 7, 1806, Sarah, daughter of Maj. Benjamin and Susannah 
(Hunnewell) Bodge. He was a farmer and spent his entire life 
on the land he inherited from his father. He died June 3, 1876, 
aged 91 years. His wife, Sarah, died July 22, 1869, aged 86 
years. Their children : 

1. James, died young. 

2. David, died young. 

3. Sarah, died young. 

4. Rebecca, born 1808 ; married, in 1835, Alvin 

Mayberry, son of Isaac and Polly IMayberry; died Aug. 11, 1888, 
in Portland. 



GENEALOGY 495 

5. Harriet, born 1817 ; married Lewis Cobb ; died 

Jan. 1886. 

6. Caroline B., born 1822, died in 1843. 

7. Eunice, died young. 

8. Susannah, died young. 

9. Susan A., born Aug. 1, 1827, died Apr. 11. 1908; un- 
married. 

Josiah. son of John and Elizabeth (Webb) ^layberry, mar- 
ried, first, Hannah Stuart, (intention entered, ^lar. 8, 1828). 
She died shortly after the birth of her first child, a daughter ; 
and he married, Mar. 24, 1832, Eunice York. He lived on his 
father's farm near the Ditch Brook in Windham, and died there 
several years ago. His children were : 

1. Huldah, married Russell Kennard. 

2. Elizabeth. 

3. :\Iary. 

4. Susan. 

5. Emily. 

6. Sidney. 

Alvin, son of Isaac and Polly ]Mayberry, married, in 1835, 
Rebecca, daughter of John and Sarah (Bodge) Mayberry; lived 
on her father's farm in Windham. He died Aug. 22, 1883, aged 
76 years. She died Aug. 11, 1888, aged 80. Children: 

1. Leonard R., born May 31. 1835, died Nov. 26, 1908. 

2. Albert 0., born Jan. 1837, d. young. 

3. James ^L, born Sept. 1840. 

4. John W., died young. 

5. John L., died young. 

6. Carrie A., married Alden Verrill. She was born Sept 
11. 1849; lived in Portland. 

Francis, son of AVilliam and Rebecca (Bodge) Mayberry, 
married Susannah Stuart, daughter of Joseph and Hannah 
(Smalley) Stuart, of Gorham. Their intention of marriage was 
entered on the records of Windham, Feb. 4, 1810. lie lived for 
several years in Windham, whei-e a part of his children were 
born; afterwards moved to Casco, ]\Ie., and died in tliat town. 
Had nine children : 

1. Caroline, born May 1, 1810; married Josiah Webb of 
Windham. 



496 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

2. Solomon, born July -1, 1811; married ^lary Elder. 

3. Eliza Ann, married Ezekiel Jordan. 

4. Francis, born 1816. 

5. Martha, died when about 21 years of age; unmarried. 

6. Joseph. 

7. Hannah, married John ^I. Webb of Windham, ^le. 

8. Benjamin B., born ]\Iar. 16, 1825. 

9. Rebecca, married Samuel Sylvester. 

Francis, son of Francis and Susannah (Stuart) ^layberry, 
married Harriet Sylvester. Lived several years in Windham, 
then moved to Rhode Island, where he died Oct. 17, 1898, aged 
82 years. Had three children : 

1. Anne, born JNIar. 5, 1848; married J. T. Redmond. 

2. Harriet E.. born May 22, 1851 ; married Ira 1^. Tyler. 

3. Frank, born Dec. 30, 1855; married Elizabeth Fulton. 

Benjamin B., son of Francis and Susannah (Stuart) May- 
berry, married ^Nlrs. Eliza Linscott. He was a druggist for sev- 
eral years in Lowell, ]\Iass. ; afterwards a grocer at Little Falls, 
where he died Jan. 3, 1892. Had two children: 

1. Fi'ank W.. who was buried in Hillside Cemetery July 12, 
1908. 

2. Fred \.. born 1859, died Apr. 12. 1906. 

Joseph, son of Francis and Susannah (Stuart) Mayberry, 
married Laura Jane, daughter of Oliver and Betsey (Haskell) 
Mayberry; settled in Caseo. Children: Susannah, P]tta, Anne, 
W^endell S., Howard, Cora, Abbert, Willis, Lctitia, and Solomon. 

Richard ^Mayberry, probably a younger brother of the "Emi- 
grant William," was in Windham previous to 1778. He also 
appears in Salem, Mass.. in 1740. On the Windham Records 
is the following entry: "At a meeting held in the Block House 
Apr. 14, 1778. Voted, that Richard Mayberry, Blacksmith be 
turned over to the Town of Salem, provided they keep him and 
his family from being Chargeable to this town for time to come 
and time past. William Elder, Town Clerk, Pro. Temporary." 
Richard INlayberry married in Salem, Feb. 7, 1740, Elizabeth 
Meek and had four children born there : 

1. Sarah, bapt. Nov., 1740; m. Aug. 24, 1760, John White- 
foot, Jr. 



GENEALOGY 497 

2. Jane, bapt. Sept. 12, 1742. 

3. Elizabeth, bapt. Aug. 5. 1743; m., June 14, 1763, Ebene- 
zer "Whitefoot. 

4. Richard, bapt. Sept. 21. 1746; m., Sept. 3, 1765. Eliza- 
beth Reeves. 

MILLIONS 

Robert ^Millions was an early settler in Windham. "Where 
he came from, we have no means of knowing. He appears in 
this town previous to 1761 and lived and died here. He married 
Mary, daughter of Thomas Bolton, first of the name in this 
town. Mr. Millions was a man of unblemished character and 
became quite wealthy for the time in which he lived. He was 
a Revolutionary soldier and served three years in Capt. Richard 
Mayberry's Company, Col. Benjamin Tupper's 11th ]\Iass. Regi- 
ment, and was at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-8. He 
lived near where the old Congregational Church stood. AVe 
have no record of the death of either him or his wife ; but their 
children, as they appear on the town book, were : 

1. Anne, born 1761 ; married Richard Stevens, of Windham. 

2. ]\Iartha, born ]\lar. 10, 1763; married Jonathan Stevens 
of Windham, — was his second wife. 

3. Thomas, born Sept. 18, 1765. 

4. Robert, born Mar. 5, 1767, died 1856, unmarried. 

aged 87 years. 

5. Mary, born Apr. 5, 1773; became the second wife of 
Charles Elder of WMndham. 

Thomas, son of Robert and ]\Iary (Bolton) Millions, married, 
Nov. 20, 1788, Elizabeth Ridley. He was a farmer and owned 
the place where the late John Bodge lived. Had two children : 

1. Ebenezer, born Dec. 18, 1789. 

2. Mary, born Nov. 9, 1793 ; married, in 1828, Thomas, son 
of Thomas and Prudence (Elder) Crague of Windham. 

Mrs. Elizabeth Millions died soon after the birth of Mary; 
and he married, Sept. 2, 1796, Mehitable, daughter of Jonathan 
and Mehitable Alacentire. by whom he had three children : 

1. Elizabeth, born July 1, 1797; married, Feb., 1827. John, 
son of Maj. Benjamin Bodge. 

2. Thomas, born Mar. 30, 1799. 



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3. :Mehitable, born Mar. 21, 1801 ; first wife of John Cram 
of Windham. 

Ebenezer, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Ridley) Millions, 
married, Apr. 25, 1808. Deborah Newcomb, daughter of Enos 
and Thankful (Morton) Xeweomb of Gorham. She was born 
in that town Feb. 26, 1785. They had seven children: 

1. Ebenezer. 

2. Hannah. 

3. Sarah, married John Larrabee. 

■4. Elizabeth, married Solomon Downing, in 1838. 

5. Mary. 

6. George, married Ellen R. Ducker. 

7. Harriet, married James Driver. 

Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer and Deborah (Newcomb) Millions, 
married, Dee. 27, 1846, Tamei- Sprague Stodder; had one child, 
Frances Tamer. 

MUGFORD 

The first of this name to settle in "Windham, was Robert Mug- 
ford, a native of Marblehead, ]\Iass., where the family was highly 
respectable, and some of them quite noted. He married Mary 
(or Molly), daughter of Nathaniel Evans, one of the original 
settlers or grantees of Windham ; and his lot was No. 55, in the 
first division of home lots. Robert ]\Iugford settled on this lot 
about 1755, lived and died there, but we have no record of his 
death. His wife, :Mary, died :\ray 10, 1807. Their children 
were : 

1. Robert, born Dec. 30, 1755. 

2. John, born 1758. 

3. Mary, bapt. Mar. 27. 1763. 

4. Susannah, bapt. Mar. 17, 1765, 

5. Lydia, bapt. Nov. 1. 1774. 

6. Nathaniel. 

Robert, son of Robert and ^lary (Evans) ]\Iugford, married, 
in Nov., 1781, Lois, daughter of Capt. Caleb and Lois (Bennett) 
Graffam. He was a farmer; lived near Gambo ; was buried on 
his own land, where a modest headstone marks the spot, bearing 
the following inscription: "Robert ^lugford, died Feb. 14, 1835, 



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aged 79 years." A similar stone marks liis wife's grave, with 
this inscription: "Lois, wife of Robert Mugford, died Feb. 10, 
1820, aged 58 years." -This yard is now a public burial ground. 
They had six children : 

1. Eunice Dimon, born Sept. 15, 1782; m., it is said, a Mr. 
Tubbs. 

2. Hannah, born Dec. 18, 1784; married, in 1807, Nathaniel 
Knight, — was his second wife. 

3. Peter, born Aug. 7, 1787. 

4. Ezra, born Sept. 13, 1793. 

5. Caleb, born Feb. 16, 1797. 

6. Betsey, born July 18, 1800. 

John, son of Robert and Mary (Evans) Mugford. married, 
July 29, 1784, Mary Morton of Windham. He was a Revolu- 
tionary soldier and served 2 months and 17 days. On the Wind- 
ham Records, we find the following given as his children: 

1. Elizabeth, born May 22, 1785. 

2. Thomas, born July 2, 1786. 

3. Wniliam. born June 23, 1788. 

4. George Norton, born Sept. 16, 1790. 

Nathaniel, pi'obably the son of Robert and Mary (Evans) 
^lugford. married Peggy Hendley, Aug. 29, 1796. Nothing is 
known of them, save that he died, and she married, in 1831, 
James Campbell ; had no children. 

Peter, son of Robert and Lois (Graffam) ^lugford, was a 
carpenter ; and we have been informed that he lived and died in 
Falmouth. Of his family, we know nothing. 

Ezra, son of Robert and Lois (Graffam) Mugford, married, 
in 1827, Sarah Richardson. She died Apr. 5, 1837, aged 37 
years. He did not remarry, but lived the remainder of his life 
in Portland, where he and his pair of white cows, with which he 
used to do carting, were familiar figures on the streets for many 
years. We do not know the date of his death, but he and his 
wife are buried in the W^estern Cemetery in Portland. It is 
said they had children. 

Caleb, son of Robert and Lois (Graffam) Mugford. was a 
Methodist clergyman ; said to be ffuite eloquent and a consistent 
Christian gentleman. Whether he was ever married or not. no 
one now seems to know. He died many years ago. 



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William, son of John and Mary (Morton) Mugford, married, 
May 10, 1811, Abigail Manchester of Windham; lived many 
years at Windham Hill. Had children: 

1. William, born about 1812; went to Lowell, Mass., and 
married there. 

2. Thomas, died at Windham Town Farm, in 1861 ; unmar- 
ried. 

3. George, went to Lowell, Mass. 

4. Mary J., lived in Portland. 

5. Charlotte, lived in Portland. 

William Mugford, senior, married for his second wife Mrs. 
Betsey (Stevens) Bragdon, widow of Dominicus Bragdon. Nov. 
3, 1844. He died Dec, 1860, aged 72 years. 

George ^lorton, son of John and Mary (^lorton) ^lugford, 
married Eunice ^lanehester, in 1821, (intention filed Jan. 27th 
of that year). It is said that he settled in Westbrook and died 
there many years ago. 

The name has been extinct in Windham for several years. 

NICHOLS 

Charles Nichols was a native of Berwick, ^le., and was born 
Dec. 28, 1811. He married, May 5, 1836, Esther Owen. She 
was born Dec. 27, 1808, and died Jan. 6. 1892. He died Nov. 
24, 1887. By trade he was a carpenter and cabinet-maker. He 
lived several years at Popeville, where he was employed by the 
firm of Isaiah Pope and Co. as chief carpenter and builder. He 
afterwards moved to Little Falls, where he established himself 
in business as an undertaker, and conducted that business with 
success until liis death. He was an honored member of the 
Friends' Society, and died highly respected by all who knew 
him. His children were : 

1. Elizabeth, born July 4, 1837; married, Nov. 24, 1881, 
William Perry ; died some years ago ; no children. 

2. Phebe E., born Sept. 23, 1840; married, June 10. 1864, 
Ellery F. Sawyer, by whom she had tw^o children, Charles L., 
born Mar. 5, 1871, and Chester E. Her second husband was 
David Phinney. by whom she had no children. She died Sept. 
11, 1894. 

3. Charles A., born Apr. 22, 1842. 



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4. Lucy A., born Dec. 20, 18-45; married, Mar. 7, 1867, 
Winslow Hawkes, of Manchester, Me. He was born Nov. 19, 
1830, and died a few years ago. Had seven children : 

Nora L., born May 22, 1868, married Arthur W. Jones. 

Marietta, born Apr. 9, 1870, married George Moore. 

Gertrude M., born Jan. 10, 1873, married George Hal- 
lett. 

Arthur W., born Jan. 6, 1875. 

"Walter L., born July 27, 1879. 

George W., born Jan. 30, 1882. 

Emeline M., born Oct. 4, 1885. 

Charles A., son of Charles and Esther (Owen) Nichols, mar- 
ried, first, Emily F., daughter of Lemuel and Esther (Purinton) 
Sawyer of Standish, Me., by whom he had five children, as fob 

lOAVS : 

1. Thomas B., born May 24, 1871. 

2. John C. born Jan. 18, 1873. 

3. Ernest L., born May 10, 1875. 

4. Grace E., born Apr. 16, 1877; married Fred Frisbee; no 
children. 

5. Alice L., born Sept. 14, 1882; married George E. M. 
Lundberg. He died in Quebec, Can., April 19^ 1910, aged 36 
years ; one child. 

Charles A. Nichols's second wife was Ellen, daughter of 
Elijah Cook of Windham, by whom he had three children : 

1. Esther J., born Feb. 21, 1891. 

2. Ruth E., born Sept. 22, 1892. 

3. Earle E., born Apr. 19, 1895, died in infancy. 

Charles A. Nichols died at South Windham, Feb. 11, 1908. 
He succeeded his father in the undertaking business, which he 
greatly enlarged and also added other lines of business. He was 
a Quaker and lived and died in that faith. 

OSGOOD 

Abraham Osgood was an Englishman and came to this 
country, when a young man. He was born, according to an 
entry made by himself on the town records, in Amesbury, Eng- 
land, Dec. 21, 1729. He appears to have settled, first in Fal- 



502 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

mouth (now Portland), and to have come to Windham about 
the year 1775. He settled on Lot No. 2 in the first division of 
hundred-acre lots in Windham, it being the same land after- 
wards owned by his grandson, Josiah Little. He built the large 
house, still standing on the brow of the hill, that is still called 
"Osgood's HilL" He married, Dec. 29, 1771, Bathsheba, daugh- 
ter of Thomas and Bethia (Spear) Mayberry of Windham. He 
was an active, energetic man and a valuable citizen ; he was a 
Selectman in 1777, 1778, and 1782; Town Clerk in 1789, 1790, 
and 1791. He was also one of the Committee of Safety and In- 
spection, in 1777, and again, in 1781. He was also Town Treas- 
urer in 1781, and his name appears on various important com- 
mittees during the darkest period of the War for Independence. 
We have no record of his death or that of his wife. They had 
children : 

1. Mary, born in Falmouth, Sept. 22, 1772 ; married, Apr, 
20, 1792, Paul Little, Jr. 

2. Elizabeth Reynell, born in Windham, Dec. 13, 1774; 
married, Oct. 21, 1792, William Knight. He died Jan. 19, 1797, 
and she married for a second liusband Rev. Thomas Robey, then 
of Windham. She had one child by her first husband, named 
William, born Feb. 11, 1795. 

3. Francis, born in Windham, July 28, 1777. 

4. Bethia, born in Windham, Feb. 8, 1779 ; married Simeon 
Goold of Windham. 

5. Abraham, born June 5, 1784. 

6. Elmira, born June 28, 1786. 

7. Thomas, born Mar. 2, 1789. 

PEACO 

The first of this name to settle in Windham, was John Peaco. 
Where he came from, we do not know. His grandson, Wendell 
S. Peaco, of Otisfield, says that he was born Jan. 7, 1779, and 
lived in Westbrook. On the list of marriages solemnized by the 
famous Parson Bradley of Westbrook, we find the following 
entry: "July 6, 1802, married John Pico and Lydia Cobb, both 
of Windham." He was a farmer and settled on the northerly 
side of Canada Hill. He had three children as follows : 

1. Asa, born Mar. 25, 1804. 



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503 



2. Rachel, born Sept. 15, 1809 ; married, first, Horatio, son 
of Isaac and Anne (Stevens) Thurlow, in 1832. He died while 
yet a young man, and she married Isaiah Hawkes and died Sept. 
3. 1890. 

3. Rebecca, born Jan. 23, 1812 ; married, in 1839. Israel, son 
of John and Mary (Tenney) Morrill. She died Apr. 19, 1844. 
When the War of 1812 came, John Peaco enlisted for five years— 
or during the war, — and served until peace was declared. After 
this it is said that he enlisted in the U. S. Navy, and, while on 
a voyage to some foreign port, he died of yellow fever. 

Asa, only son of John and Lydia (Cobb) Peaco, married, 
May 14. 1836, Lucinda Edwards. She was a native of Otisfield, 
but, at the time of her marriage, she was ' ' of Gorham, ' ' and he 
"of Windham." She was born Oct. 18, 1813, and died in 1875. 
He died in Feb., 1887. He first settled on the farm near the 
Second Adventist chapel in Windham, it being the same now 
owned by Robinson Pratt, and here his seven children were 
born. He afterward sold his property here, purchased a large 
farm in Otisfield, and moved there with his family. He was an 
honest, industrious man, and, by hard labor and careful man- 
agement, accumulated a large amount of real estate. They had 
children, as follows: 

1. Wendell S., born Nov. 16, 1838. 

2. Mary J., born Apr. 25, 1840; married Samuel Reed of 
Otisfield. 

3. Phebe C, born Nov. 2, 1842 ; married her cousin, Robin- 
son Edwards. 

4. Eli E., born Mar. 4, 1844; unmarried. 

5. George W., born Apr. 13, 1846 ; deceased. 

6. Merrill T., born Dec. 8, 1847. 

7. Rachel M., born May 8, 1850; married, first, Cyrus H. 
Holden; second, William H. Pride of Westbrook; died Nov. 28, 
1888. 

Wendell S., son of Asa and Lucinda (Edwards) Peaco, mar- 
ried, May 13, 1866, Emily, daughter of Jeremiah and Lydia H. 
(Caveland) Lovell of Otisfield. He is a well-to-do farmer of 
that town and an honest, upright man. Has had eleven chil- 
dren : 

1. Lowell, died, aged 8 years. 



504 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

2. Silas Morton, died, aged 5 years. 

3. Carrie L., died young. 

4. James L., deceased. 

5. Horatio M., born Apr. 21, 1874. 

6. Arthur B., born Oct. 31, 1875. 

7. An infant son, born Mar. 29, 1877, died at birth. 

8. Elsie A., born Feb. 6, 1878. 

9. Wendell S., Jr., born Mar. 3, 1880. 

10. Francis B., born Dec. 8, 1882. 

11. Harlan S., born Apr. 13, 1884. 

POPE 

Joseph Pope was a native of England and came to this 
country, when a young man, in the ship, "Mary and John," 
about the year 1637. He settled in Boston and probably died 
there. The first of the name in this vicinity was one of his 
direct descendants, Elijah, who was born in Boston, Dec. 23, 
1742. He went from there to Falmouth (now Portland), where, 
according to the Quaker records, he married, May 19, 1768, 
Phebe, daughter of Nathan and Charity Winslow of Falmouth. 
He came to Windham shortly after his marriage and located at 
the place now called Popeville in Windham, where, for many 
years, he carried on blacksmithing and farming. He died on the 
place where he first settled, Mar. 8, 1828, aged 85 years. His 
wife, Phebe, died Aug. 8, 1843, aged 90 years, 7 mos. He was 
a member of the Friends' Society in Windliam, as were most of 
his descendants. He and his wife, Phebe, had twelve children, 
all of whom grew up. They were as follows: 

1. Robert, born June 7, 1769; married, Oct. 1, 1794, Mary, 
daughter of Peletiah Allen of Windham. 

2. Sarah, born Aug. 23, 1770; married, Oct. 30, 1793, — 
Cook. 

3. Charity, born Sept. 22, 1771 ; married, Oct. 29, 1794, 
Ebenezer, son of Peletiah and Hannah Allen of Windham. 

4. Samuel, born Dec. 30, 1773 ; married Wing ; lived 

and died in New York. 

5. Nathan, born Mar. 28, 1775; married, May 3, 1804, 
Phebe, daughter of Peletiah and Hannah Allen of Windham. 

6. Phebe, born Oct. 19. 1776; married, Aug. 29, 1799, 



GENEALOGY 505 

Edward, son of Samuel and Olive Cobb. He was then of Port- 
land. 

7. Sibble, born Apr. 9, 1778 ; married, Dec. , 1802, 

Joshua, son of Elijah and Mehitable Jenkins of Berwick, Me. 

8. Ebenezer. born Jan. 29, 1780; married Chase of 

St. Albans, Vt. 

9. Joseph, born Oct. 17, 1781; married, Nov. 29, 1804, 
Hannah, daughter of John and Elizabeth Taber of Portland. 

10. John, born Mar. 11. 1783; married Taber. 

11. Tabitha, born Jan. 8, 1785; married, Nov. 13, 1804, 
John, son of Joseph and Anne Cartland of Vassalborough, Me. 

12. Elijah, born Oct. 12, 1786; married, Hannah, daughter 
of Jacob and Sarah Tabor of Vassalborough, ]\le. 

Nathan, son of Elijah and Phebe (Winslow) Pope, married 
Phebe Allen. He was a cloth dresser by trade and once told the 
writer that, when about 18 years old, he went to Beverly, Mass., 
walking all the way from Windham, and apprenticed himself to 
a clothier for five years. When his term of service expired, he 
returned to Windham and settled first in business, near Great 
Falls, where he remained a few years. He then purchased the 
water privilege at Popeville, on which he built a small mill. 
There he carried on business until old age disqualified him for 
active service, when he retired, having acquired a competency. 
He died Jan. 20, 1859. aged 83 years, 9 months, 22 days. His 
wife died Nov. 2, 1849, aged 77 years, 10 months. Their chil- 
dren were: 

1. Isaiah, born July 5, 1805. 

2. Oliver, born Nov. 28, 1807. 

3. Joseph, born Dec. 5, 1809, died May 4, 1817. 

4. Jane, born May 22, 1812, died Nov. 30, 1868; unmarried. 

5. Elijah, born Apr. 18, 1814, died Oct. 27, 1814. 

6. Elijah, born Sept. 7. 1815; was a dentist; died Jan. 2, 
1856. 

7. Joseph, born Aug. 1, 1817, died Sept., 1891 ; unmarried. 

8. Nathan, born Dec. 30, 1819. 

9. Hannah, born May 10, 1822, died Oct. 31, 1863; un- 
married. 

Isaiah, son of Nathan and Phebe (Allen) Pope, married, 
Aug. 28, 1839, Sarah W., daughter of Daniel, Jr., and Jane 



506 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

(Whiteney) Cook of C'aseo. She died July 5, 1850. He died 
Apr. 27, 1872. He was senior partner of the firm of Isaiah Pope 
and Company. Had five children: 

1. Lydia A., born :\Iay 23. 1840, died, unmarried, Apr. 16, 
1864. 

2. Eliza, born July 9, 1842, died Nov. 24, 1864; unmarried. 

3. Phebe, born July 25, 1844; lives in Parsonsfield; un- 
married. 

4. Mary, born :\Iar. 30, 1847, died Jan. 10, 1848. 

5. Mary, born Dee. 6, 1849, died Oct. 11, 1879; unmarried. 

Oliver, son of Nathan and Phebe (Allen) Pope, married, Oct. 
27, 1848, ]Maria, daughter of Daniel, Jr., and Jane (Whitney) 
Cook of Casco. He was a member of the firm of Isaiah Pope 
and Company ; lived in the brick liouse built by his father at 
Popeville. Had one child, 

Nathan Oliver, born June 9, 1850. 

Oliver Pope died Feb. 18, 1883. His wife died 1888. 

She was born Mar. 26, 1806. 

Nathan, son of Nathan and Phebe (Allen) Pope, married. 
Dec. 30, 1846, Lydia, daughter of Josiali and Nanc.y (Partridge) 
Maxfield of Casco ; lived at Popeville. He died May 3, 1894. 
She died several years ago. Had no children. 

Robert, son of Robert and ]\Iary (Allen) Pope, came to Wind- 
ham from Durham and became a partner in the firm of Isaiah 
Pope and Company. He married, Nov. 5, 1849, Juliette, daugh- 
ter of Elijah and Luc}^ Kennard of Windham. He died Dec. 
18, 1876. She died Jan. 4, 1876. Had four children: 

1. Lucy, born Sept. 22, 1851, died Apr. 29, 1875. 

2. Ellen P., born Jan. 27, 1854; is a nurse; lives in Port- 
land; is not married. 

3. Charles F., born July 12, 1858. 

4. Juliette K., born Dec. 10, 1860 ; died Jan. 10, 1894 ; un- 
married. 

PRAY 

James Pray was born in Scotland in 1725. He came to this 
country, when a young man, and settled in Windham, where 
he married, Nov. 10, 1772, Patience, daughter of Zerubbabel and 



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Hannah (Haskell) Hunnewell. He settled on the farm after- 
wards owned by the late John Webb, Esq., and built the house, 
that stood on the hill, a few rods south of the present dwelling. 
This was sold in 1843, was hauled to Cumberland Mills, and is 
still standing there. He went to "Falmouth Neck," to defend 
the town against the British in 1775, and served 5 days. He 
and his wife, Patience, had eight children : 

1. Anne Swett, born Apr. 7, 1773. 

2. Peter, born Sept. 2, 1774. 

3. Zerubbabel, born Aug. 13, 1777. 

4. Sarah, born June 27, 1779. 

5. Patience, born Mar. 16, 1781. 

6. Polly, )born Nov. 18, 1784, died an infant. 

7. Hannah, Jborn Nov. 18, 1784. 

8. James, born Feb. 21, 1787, died May 3, 1805. 

Mrs. Patience (Hunnewell) Pray died soon after the birth of 
James, and, on Sept. 19, 1790, Mr. Pray married Lorana, daugh- 
ter of Eli and Sarah (Cloutman) Webb of Gorham, by whom 
he had six more children. They were as follows : 

1. Polly, born June 15, 1791, d. Feb. 16, 1803. 

2. Alexander, born Nov. 26, 1793. 

3. William, born Mar. 7, 1798, d. March 9, 1816. 

4. Joseph, born Mar. 30. 1801, d. Oct. 2, 1802. 

5. Joseph, born Oct. 7, 1803. 

6. Polly. 

Mr. James Pray died in Windham, Jan. 25, 1818, aged 73 
years. 

Anne Swett, daughter of James and Patience Pray, married, 
Sept. 29, 1793, Nathaniel Ingersoll of Windham. He was a 
farmer and purchased two of the original home lots, Nos. 47 and 
48, being the same formerly ' ' improved, ' ' as the old record says, 
by John Stevens, Sr., and John Stevens, Jr. We do not know 
the date of his death, but she died Apr, 12, 1815. Children : 

1. John, born Oct. 24, 1793, d. Apr. 20, 1806. 

2. Peter, born Nov. 25, 1794. 

3. William, born Mar. 13, 1797. 

4. Lydia, born Dec. 25, 1798. 

5. James, born May 9, 1800. 



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6. Patience, born Jan. 9, 1802. 

7. Hannah, born Nov. 6, 1804. 

Peter, son of James and Patience Pray, married in Vassal- 
borough, Me., died there. He had a son, Peter, and two daugh- 
ters, — possibly more children. 

Zerubbabel, son of James and Patience Pray, married, Dec. 
25, 1803, Sarah, daughter of Ezra and Sarah Brown; settled 
in Albion, Me., where his descendants still reside. He changed 
his first name to Zebulun. 

Sarah, daughter of James and Patience Pray, married, first, 
Jonathan Davis; second Thomas Forsaith of Portland. 

Patience, daughter of James and Patience Pray, married, in 
1804, Archibald Walker, (intention filed Apr. 1st of that year). 
He was "of Windham." 

Hannah, daughter of James and Patience Pray, married 
Atwood Marwick, in 1805, (intention entered Aug. 11, 1805). 

He Avas a master mariner of Portland and died there Dec. 

1840. She died Sept. 1865. Has descendants living in 

Portland. 

Alexander, son of James and his second wife, Lorana (Webb) 
Pray, married, Nov. 20, 1823, Eliza W., daughter of Ephraim 
and Mary (Brown) Smith of Gorham, Me. He had one child 
that died an infant, and she died soon afterwards. In Apr., 
1828, he married her sister, Lois, (intention filed Apr. 11th of 
that year). They left no descendants. 

Joseph, son of James and Lorana Pray, married, in 1828, 
Sophia, daughter of Enoch and Drusilla (Sanborn) Crockett 
of Gorham. They had a daughter, who became the wife of 
William Webb, and lived at Windham Hill, where she died Jan. 
24, 1901, aged 71 years, 1 month, and 11 days. Mr. Joseph Pray 
died in Sept., 1831, and his widow, Sophia, married John, son 
of James and Olive (Elden) Warren of Gorham, by whom she 
had three children. John Warren died in Gorham, Mar. 16, 
1873, and she died Dec. 9, 1901, aged 95 years, 9 months. 

Polly, daughter of James and Lorana Pray, married George 
Granger, a native of Southwick, Mass. Their intention was 
entered on the town records as follows : ' ' Mr. George Granger of 
Southwick in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, entered his 



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intention of marriage with Miss Polly Pray of Windham, Nov. 

7, 1829. 

John Eveleth, Town Clerk." 

They were married Apr. 23, 1828, by Wm. Brown, Justice 
of the Peace, and were recorded by John Eveleth, Town Clerk. 
He was a farmer, lived near Gambo, and died there several yeara 
ago. Children : 

1. Joseph, born Apr. 3, 1830. 

2. Samuel, born Sept. 20, 1835. 

3. James, born Mar. 18, 1840. 
•4. Adeline, died young. 

PROCTOR 

The ancestor of this family in Maine was Samuel Proctor, 
the son of John Proctor, who was executed for the supposed 
crime of witchcraft in Salem, Aug. 9, 1692 ; and whose wife was 
condemned, but not executed. They had sustained excellent 
characters, both in Ipswich and Danvers, where they had lived 
previous to the witchcraft delusion. Samuel was their eighth 
child. He was born in 1680 and came to Falmouth (now Port- 
land) from Lynn, between Sept., 1717. and Nov., 1719. He 
built a house on Fore Street, where he lived. He died Mar. 10, 
1765, aged 85 years. He was a man of unblemished character 
and a valuable citizen. He married, previous to his settlement 
in Falmouth, Sarah, daughter of Anthony Brackett, by whom 
he had nine children: 

1. John, born in Lynn, June 24, 1715; married, first, in 
1743, :\Iary Tibbets ; second, Mary Huston, in 1760; settled in 
Falmouth. 

2. Benjamin, born in Lynn, Sept. 6, 1717; married, in 1740, 
Sarah Favor. 

3. Samuel, born in Falmouth, Nov. 24, 1719; married, in 
1745, Eliza Johnson. 

4. Sarah, born in Falmouth, in 1723 ; married, in 1739, John 
Cox. 

5. William, born in Falmouth, 1724. 

6. Keziah, born in Falmouth, 1727. 

7. Karenhappuck, born in Falmouth, 1729 ; married, 



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first, Joseph Hicks; second, her cousin, Anthony Brackett, in 
1756. 

8. Jemima, married 1755, William Gennis. 

9. Dorcas, married Jonathan Paine. 

William Proctor, son of Samuel and Sarah (Brackett) 
Proctor, married, first, in 1750, Charity Lunt. She died pre-' 
vious to 1760, as, in that year, he married his second wife, Su- 
sannah Hall. She was the daughter of Ebenezer Hall, wlio was 
killed by the Indians on ]\Iartinicus Island, June 10, 1757. 
William Proctor settled in Windham and died there, Feb. 14, 
1807, aged 83 years. We have no record of his wife's death. 
According to the town records, they had six children : 

1. Ebenezer, married Bethia ^Mayberry, (intention entered 
Nov. 20, 1790). 

2. Anthony, married Mary Small, in 1794. 

3. Jane, married Benjamin Ham, in 1783. 

4. Hannah, married Ralph Jackson of Raymond. 

5. Susannah, married, Nov. 28, 1788, Richard Shane, then 
"of Windham." 

6. Keziah, married, Jan. 10, 1783, Samuel Dingley of Ray- 
mond. 

David, son of Ebenezer and Bethia (]\Iayberry) Proctor, 
married Fanny Chute, in 1813. 

Elijah, son of Ebenezer and Bethia (Mayberry) Proctor, 
went to New York State, married, and died there. 

Edmund ]\I., son of Ebenezer and Bethia (Mayberry) Proc- 
tor, married Sarah Page. He was a farmer and carpenter; 
lived near Windham Center; and died there, Nov. 26, 1868, aged 
62 years, 4 months. His wife. Sarah, died Sept. 28, 1889, aged 
75 years, 6 mos. It is said that they had nine children, but we 
have no connected record of the family. They had a daughter, 
Sophronia, who died Dec. 31. 1857, aged 18 years, 4 months. 
They also had daughters, Zilpha, Nancy, and Almeda. Their 
only son, Warren Scott, was lost on tlie steamboat, "Portland," 
Nov. 27, 1898. Probably they had other children. 

Susan, daughter of Ebenezer and Bethia (Mayberry) Proc- 
tor, married, May 12, 1815, James Nasoii of Gorham. 



GENEALOGY 511 



PURINTON 



David Purinton, first of the name in Windham, came from 
Salisbury, Mass., about 1763. and settled on the farm now (1912) 
owned by Rev. Elijah Cook, in the Quaker Neighborhood. His 
wife was Sarah, daughter of Abel and Sarah (^Millet) Davis. 
They were honored members of the Quaker Society. David 
Purinton appears to have been a man of many occupations, as 
we learn from his old account book still preserved b.v his descend- 
ants, that he was a farmer, shoemaker, tailor, and land-surveyor, 
all at the same time. He was one of the Selectmen of Windham 
in 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1790, and chairman of the board 
in 1792, 1798, 1794, and 1797; third on the board in 1798; 
second, in 1801 ; and chairman again in 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, 
and 1806. Besides this, his name often occurs on the town rec- 
ords as a member of various important committees. He was 
born in 1734, and died Feb. 16, 1816, aged 82 years. His wife, 
Sarah, died :\Iar. 16, 1830. at the great age of 96. They had 
nine children : 

1. ^lary, born Aug. 9, 1759; married Ca])t. Joshua Rogers, 
Jan. 16, 1783. lie was a sea captain; lived in Portland; no 
children. 

2. Ezra, born Oct. 9, 1761. 

3. Anna, born Aug. 29, 1764, died ^lay 7. 1777. 

4. Phebe, born June 23, 1766; married, Hussey of 

Portland; no children. 

5. Sarah, born Sept. 26, 1768; married, Apr. 24. 1799, 
Joseph Howland of Vassalborough. ]\le. ; lived and died in that 
town. 

6. ^leshach, born 1770. 

7. Daniel, born Nov. 20. 1772. 

8. Lorana, born 1775. 

9. David, born Sept. 1. 1778. died July 10. 1793. 

Ezra, son of David and Sarah (Davis) Purinton, went to 
Levviston, where he married ^Nlrs. ^lavy ^leader, widow of Tobias 
]\Ieader and daughter of Joseph and Eunice Field. He died' in 
Lewiston, Dec. 28, 1808. He and his wife. ^lary, had four 
children : 

1. David, born June 19, 1796. 

2. Joseph, born Dec. 1, 1798. 



512 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

3. Tobias, born Mar. 19, 1801. 

4. Ira, born Mar. 25, 1803. 

Daniel, son of David and Sarah (Davis) Purinton, married. 
May 22, 1796, Lois B., daughter of Ezra and Sarah (Graffam) 
Brown of Windham. She was born July 31. 1774, and died 
June 16, 1807. He settled on the River Road, on the farm now 
owned by the children of the late Oliver Haskell. This place 
he exchanged with Daniel Haskell for a farm in the "Hurricane 
District" in Gorham. He and his wife, Lois, had five children: 

1. Ezra, born May 8. 1797. 

2. David, born May 1, 1800; married. Feb. 2, 1826, Eliza- 
beth J., daughter of James, Jr., and Rebecca (Huston) Warren 
of Gorham. Had several children. His second wife was Apphia 
Shaw, by whom he had other children. 

3. Peter, born Sept. 11, 1801; married, Jan. 25. 1830, 
Harriet, daughter of Enoch and Drusilla (Sanborn) Crockett 
of Gorham ; settled in Hartland, ]\Ie. ; was a wealthy farmer ; 
lived and died there; had at least two children, Enoch and 
Adeline. 

4. Sally, born Aug. 31. 1804; married, Nov. 20, 1825, Wood- 
bury Rand of W^indham. 

5. Mary, born Feb. 27. 1806, mai-ried, Oct. 9, 1825, Joseph 
C. Larry of Windham. 

Daniel Purinton 's second wife was Nancy Crockett, the 
daughter of Peter and Polly Crockett of Gorham, to whom he 
was married Nov. 17, 1814. She was born Oct. 3, 1784. Had 
children: Lewis, Daniel, Lois, and Enocli, who was a ])h.vsician 
and lived at Goodwin's ^lills and died there. 

]\Ieshach, son of David and Sai'ah (Davis) Purinton, settled, 
first, in Durham. ^le., where he married Sarah, daughter of 
William Gerrish. He resided there several years, and his first 
four children were born there. About 1809, he returned to 
Windham and lived the remainder of his long life on his father's 
farm. He died in 1853. aged 84 years. His wife died Jan. 1, 
1864. aged 82 years, 11 mos. They had children, as follows: 

1. Lorenzo, born in Durham, Oct. 31, 1801. 

2. Sarah, born in Durham, Aug. 20, 1803; married Jeremiah 
Lord of Scarborough. Mar. ■ — 1831 ; died ^lar. 2, 1877. 



GENEALOGY 518 

3. Joseph, born Aug. 16, 1805, in Durham. 
1. Esther, born Jan. 30, 1807, in Durham; married. Oct. 
1832, Lemuel Sawyer of Standish ; died Dec. 11, 1880. 



5. Mary, born Feb. 20. 1810, in Windham; married, Nov. 
8, 1834, John Sturgis of Gorham. He lost his life in his en- 
deavors to save property from a burning shoe shop, at WhitG 
Rock, June 14, 1854; and his widow married Geo. Hammond of 
New Gloucester, and died in that town, Sept. 14, 1887, aged 77 
years. 

David, son of p]zra and ^lary (Meader) Purinton, married 
Hannah, daughter of Abel Goddard of Lewiston ; settled there 
and died :\Iay 26, 1848. His wife died May 20, 1875. Their 
children were : 

1. Mary, born Aug. 17, 1820. 

2. Anna V.. born May 8. 1822. 

3. Ezra, born Sept. 19, 1824. 

4. Louisa G., born Aug. 17, 1826. 

5. David, born Nov. 18, 1828. 

Joseph, son of Ezra and ]\Iar,v (Meader) Purinton. married. 

July 1833, Caroline Dingle.v, daughter of William and 

Sally (Atkins) Dingley of Lewiston. She was born ]\Iay 15, 
1811, and died Sept. 13, 1881. He died Sept. 28, 1842. Had 
five children : 

1. Mary, born Dec. 18. 1834. 

2. Almira, born Sept. 6, 1836, died .Mar. 1. 1859. 

3. Sarah, born Aug. 13, 1838. 

4. William D., born Mar. 3. 1840. died Apr. 16, 1842. 

5. Hattie, born Oct. 27, 1841, died Mar. 14, 1866. 

Tobias, son of Ezra and ^lary (Meader) Purinton. graduated 
at the Maine Medical School in the class of 1826 ; went to Wash- 
ington, D. C, about 1838, and served many years in the Treasury 
Department; married in Washington, Amelia Josephine Arclier. 
He died May 3, 1880. Had two children: 

1. William Archer. 

2. Amelia Josephine. 

Ira. son of Ezra and ^larv (Meader) Purinton. married. 



514 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

first, Aug. 27, 1828, Dorcas, daugliter of Rev. Jacob Golden of 
Lewiston. She was born Sept. 30, 1809, died Dec. 27, 1830; 
had one child. 

1. Minerva, born Mar. 1, 1829. 

Ira Purinton's second wife was Almira Small of Fall River, 
]\Iass., to whom he was married in 1834, (intention entered July 
27th of that year). She was born Jan. 2, 1806; died Jan. 4, 
1891, in Auburn, :Me. He died :\Iay 10, 1888. Had four chil- 
dren : 

1. Charles E.. born Dec. 11, 1837. 

2. Tobias, born ^lay 31. 1840, deceased. 

3. Arvesta, born Sept. 2, 1841, died Feb. 11, 1889. 

4. Victoria, born June 18, 1843, died Dee. 14, 1843. 

Lorenzo, son of Meshach and Sarah (Gerrish) Purinton, 
married Sally Downes of Portland. He was a farmer and set- 
tled first in the "Mayberry Neighborhood;" but later sold his 
property there and purchased the "Harris place," near White 
Rock, where lie died. Mar. 8, 1881. His wife, Sally, died Jan. 
10, 1881, aged 79 years. Their children were: 

1. Abbie, died Jan. 10, 1881 ; unmarried. 

2. Charles A., married Elmira Graffam ; died at Cumber- 
land Mills. 

3. ^lary Ellen, second wife of George Patrick of Gorham. 
She died at Gorham Village. Feb. 16, 1910, aged 71 years, 10 
mos. 

4. Sidney, died aged about 22 years. 

5. Moses D., born Dec. 2, 1840; married, :\Iay 27, 1870, 
p]llen ]\Iaria Yale. She was born in Winthrop, Me., Dec. 3, 1845. 
Has two children: Clarion Ellen, born Sept. 17, 1872, and Flor- 
ence Edna, born July 3, 1878. Resides at Cumberland Mills. 

Frederick, son of Meshach and Sarah (Gerrish) Purinton, 
married, Sept. 25. 1843, ^Margaret, daughter of Robert and Sally 
(Chute) Loveitt of Windham. He was a farmer and lived near 
White Rock in Gorham. She was born Dec. 2, 1818. He died 
Apr. 11, 1897. Their children: 

1. Sarah E., born Oct. 25, 1844; married, Oct. 25, 1866, 
E. H. Sampson of Westbrook; died Dec. 31, 1896. 

2. Georgiana, born .Mar. 12, 1846. 



GENEALOGY 515 

3. Arabella J., born June 10, 1848; married Daniel Weseott 
of Gorham. 

Otis, son of Meshach and Sarah (Gerrish) Purinton, married 
Lydia Small of Windham, July 9, 1843. He lived a few years 
in Farmington, ^le., and in Portland, after which he purchased 
the farm formerly owned by his brother-in-law, Capt. John 
Sturgis, near the White Rock Meeting-house. He died Feb. 2, 
1899. His wife died Dec. 18, 1894. Had four children, as fol- 
lows : 

1. William G.. born Mar. 13, 1844; married, June 29, 1873, 
]\Iary Chute of Westljrook, Me. 

2. Ellen M., born Oct. 11, 1846; married. May 2, 1869, 
Emery 0. Walker of Portland. He was a Union soldier, a mem- 
ber of Co. F, 30th :\Ie. Regiment ; died :\lar. 15, 1887. 

3. Albert X.. born :\Iay 11, 1857; married, Sept. 25, 1879, 
Abbie J. Grant of Saco. 

4. Charles S., born June 14, 1859; married. Dec. 28. 1882, 
Carrie Kimball of Saco. 

^leshach and Sarah (Gerrish) Purinton, in addition to the 
foregoing children, had a son, William, born Aug. 2, 1812. He 
was drowned, wliile driving logs, in Pleasant Rivei'. Apr. 8, 1841 ; 
unmarried. 

REA 

The first American ancestor of this family, of whom we have 
any knowledge, was Daniel Rea. who came from England and 
was at Weymouth, Mass., in 1630. In 1631. he was living at 
Salem Village, afterwards known as Danvers, where he died in 
1662, leaving a widow, whose name was thought to be Bethiah. 
He had a son, Joshua, and a daughter, Bethiah, who mari'ied 
Capt. Thomas Lothi-o]), a noted Indian fighter during King 
Philip's War. Joshua married Sarah Waters and had, among 
other children, a son, Daniel, whose wife was Hepzibah Peabody. 
Daniel Rea had a son, Zerubljabel, who mari-ied ^largaret 
Rogers. Their children w^ere : 

Dr. Caleb. ^ 

Sarah, ^ twins. 

Moses, died in infancy. 

Hepzibah, married Joseph Elder. 



516 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Hannah. 

Mehitable, married Jonathan Porter. 

Anne, died young. 

Doctor Caleb Rea, son of Zerubbabel and Margaret (Rogers) 
Rea, was born at Danvers, Mar. 8, 1758. He was a physician in 
the Revolutionary service. He married, Oct. 4, 1781, Sarah 
White of Salem ; came to Windham between Feb. and Oct., 1783, 
and settled on Lot No. 1, in the first division of hundred-acre 
lots, it being the same afterwards owned by his son, Col. Caleb 
Rea. He built a large two-story house on or very near where 
the County farm house stands at the present time. He was the 
first phj-sician to locate in W^indham. He was a ripe scholar, 
a man of sound judgment, and noted as a skillful surgeon-. 
During his practice here, he performed many important opera- 
tions. He was a generous, warm-hearted man, and his loss was 
greatly deplored by his townsmen and friends. He died Dec. 
29, 1796, aged 89 years. His wife, Sarah, died Jan. 22, 1836, 
aged 78 years. They had six children, as follows: 

1. Thomas, born in Ipswich, July 11, 1782. 

2. Sally, born Sept. 27, 1785 ; married, in 1809, Dr. Jacob 
Hunt of Falmouth, (intention entered May l-tth of that year). 

3. Mary, born in Windham, Apr. 18, 1787; did not marry; 
was a school teacher. 

4. Col. Caleb, born Apr. 11, 1789; was a farmer; lived on 
the paternal acres, and died there, Sept. 11, 1849. 

5. Porter, born July 19. 1792. 

6. Albus, born Feb. 1795; was a physician in Port- 
land, and died there. 

None of this family now reside in Windham. 

READ— REED 

Noah Read, first of the name to settle in W'indham. was the 
son of Noah and Abigail (Baldwin) Read, and was born in 
Attleboro, Mass., Sept. 21, 1757. He came to W^indham. and 
married, Nov. 26, 1790, ^lary, daughter of Jolm and Tabitha 
(Winslow) Robinson of Windham. He was a farmer and lived 
on the place where Joseph Nugent now lives, and died there, 
Apr. 4, 1844. His wife died Nov. 4. 1842. Previous to his 
settlement in Windham, he saw much service in the Revolution- 



GENEALOGY 517 

ary War; but, in 1788, he joined the Friends' Society and be- 
came one of their prominent members. Being loyal to his faith, 
he apparently regretted somewhat his participation in the war, 
said but little about his military experience, and his descendants 
did not know of his service at all. A few years ago, however, 
his grandson, Mr. J. N. Read, obtained the following facts in 
regard to him, from which it appears that he served in six dif- 
ferent commands. He was first in Capt. Isaac Hodge's Co., 
('ol. Francis's Regt., for five months, in 1776. He was in Capt. 
Richardson's Co., two months at Dorchester, during the siege of 
Boston, in 1776. He was in Capt. Samuel Cowell's Co., Col. 
Benjamin Hawes's Regt., thirty-five days, in 1777. He was in 
Capt. Alx. Foster's Co., Col. Dagget's Regt.. at a. Rhode Island 
alarm, twenty-five days, in Dec. 1777. He was in Lieut. Heze- 
kiah Ware's Co., Col. Wade's Regt., in the Rhode Island alarm 
of June 20, 1778, twenty-four days ; and was a sergeant in Capt. 
Samuel Fislier's Co., in ]\Iaj. Bullard's Regt., thirteen days in 
the Rhode Island alarm of 1785. He was noted in AA^indham as 
a school teacher of the rod and ferule kind, not sparing either, 
but having the gift of imparting knowledge beyond the average 
teachers of that day. He and his wife, Mary, had ten children, 
all born in Windham : 

1. Emma, born Apr. 25, 1792; married John Robinson of 
Windham. 

2. John, born Oct. 8, 1793. 

3. Nathan, born Mar. 2, 1795. 

4. Huldah, born Apr. 15, 1796. 

5. Sarah, born Mar. 13, 1798 ; married Jeremiah Hacker. 

6. Lydia, born Mar. 2, 1802, died Feb. 18, 1842. 

7. Tabitha. born July 17, 1804, married Stephen Webb 
of Windham. 

8. Jane, born Apr. 27, 1806, married William Bailey of 
Windham. 

9. Rufus, born Mar. 5, 1809. 
10. Noah, born Dec. 19, 1810. 

John, son of Noah and Mary (Robinson) Read, married, 
Jan. 28, 1813. His wife died June 27, 1832, and he married 
for his second wife Eunice Hodsdon, Jan. 30, 1834. She died 
Nov. 19, 183 — . His third wife was Jane Woodford, to whom 



518 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

he was married, Nov. 1849. Settled in Westbrook (now 

the Deering District) ; lived there and died, Aug. 10, 1889, at 
the age of 96 years. His children were: 

1. Ann Elizabeth, born Nov. 4, 1818; married, Apr. 23, 
1844, William M. Hall. 

2. James Neal, born Oct. 17, 1820. 

3. John H., born Sept. 12, 1828. 

4. Noah, born Sept. 23, 1830. 

5. Nancy H., born Mar. 22, 1836, died July 20, 1844. 

6. Daniel H., born June 15. 1838. 

Nathan, son of Noah and Mary (Robinson) Read, married, 
Jan. 28, 1824, Ruth Horton. He was a farmer and settled in 
the Quaker Neighborhood on the farm recently owned by his 
son, Joseph W. He died Dec. 20, 1878. Children: 

1. Emily H., born Dec. 14, 1824, died Oct. 7, 1825. 

2. Emily Hussey, born Aug. 30, 1826; married, Nov. 10, 
1853, Isaiah Jones of Windham. Both are now deceased. 

3. Julia W., born Sept. 1, 1831 ; married Nathan R. Dyer; 
died Jan. 29, 1904. 

4. Joseph Warner, born Nov. 9, 1835. 

5. Charles Horton. born Nov. 17, 1840. 

Rufus, son of Noah and ^lary (Robinson) Read, married, 
Aug. 12, 1833, Martha M. Gerrish; settled in Portland. Chil- 
dren : 

1. Julia Adelaide, born Jan. 27, 1835. 

2. Nathan G., born Dec. 9, 1837. 

3. Ellen L., born Sept. 18, 1840. 

4. Rufus S., born July 26, 1845. 

Noah, son of Noah and Mary (Robinson) Read, married. 
May 16, 1832, Sarah Mead. Settled in Windham. He lost his 
eye-sight by an explosion of powder, while blasting a well, and 
was ever afterwards totally blind. He died May 21, 1884. 
His wife, Sarah, died May 4, 1896, aged 91 years, 6 months. 
Their children: 

1. George R., born Oct. 9, 1832. 

2. Augustus, born Aug. 28, 1834. 

3. Miriam, born June 22, 1838, died Oct. 10, 1840. 

4. Rufus, born Apr. 18, 1839 ; was a teacher in the Friends' 



GENEALOGY 519 

School at Providence, R. I.; died, unmarried. Mar. 16, 1864, 
aged 24 years, 11 months. 

5. Mary, born Aug. 3, 1847, married Ebenezer Lombard of 
Gorham. 

6. Martha, born Sept. 27, 1848; married, July 29, 1879, 
Thomas Albert ]\loore of Indiana ; died in Portland. Dec. 8, 
1909, aged 65 years. 

James Neal, son of Jolin and Nancy (Horton) Read, married, 

first, Oct. 1844, Rebecca Stevens; second, July 8, 1856, 

Alice Dow. He died in the winter of 1911-12. 

John H., son of John and his second wife, Eunice (Hodsdon) 
Read, married, June 27, 1854, Harriet B. Woodford. 

Joseph Warner, son of Nathan and Ruth (Horton) Read, 
married, July 9, 1863. Ellen Frances Jordan of Portland. In 
1855, he went to Portland, where he was employed as a clerk 
in grocery stores until 1860, when he established himself in 
business, and carried on a substantial wholesale trade in gro- 
ceries until 1876. In that year he returned to Windham, mov- 
ing on to the old homestead of his father. In 1880, he was 
elected selectman, in which office he served four consecutive 
years, being Chairman of the Board the last two years. In 
1889, he was appointed Postmaster for South Windham ; served, 
in all, fifteen years in that office. He died at South Windham, 
Apr. 16, 1909, aged 74 years. His children: 

1. Ellen Prince, born Apr. 15, 1864, died Sept. 3, 1864. 

2. Charles Warner, born Feb. 13, 1866. 

3. Elizabeth Horton, born May 22, 1868. 

4. Mary Louise, born May 1, 1870, died Nov. 19, 1870. 

5. Leonard Horton, born Jan. 2, 1872, died June 6, 1872. 

6. Edward Jordan, born Mar. 22, 1875, died May 2, 1877. 

7. Annie Jordan, born Jan. 4, 1883, died Aug. 5, 1886. 

George R., son of Noah and Sarah (Mead) Read, married 
Sarah Abbie Rieker. He was by trade a shoemaker and worked 
at that business for several years in Lynn, Mass., but afterwards 
settled in Windham. He lived on the Gray Road near Little 
Falls. He served in the U. S. Navy during the Rebellion, and 
died in Windham Apr. 18, 1887, aged 54 years. 6 mos. Had 
two children: 



520 WIXDHAM IN THE PAST 

1. Alice, married George Farwell. 

2. Howard. 

Augustus, son of Noah and Sarah (Mead) Read, married 
Elizabeth, daughter of Sewell and Cornelia (Green) Boody of 
Windham. He was a farmer and shoemaker ; lived many years 
in Naples, Me. He moved from there to Windham and lived 
on the farm in the Quaker Neighborhood, which had been his 
father's, and died there Dec. 25, 1908. We have no connected 
record of his children. However, his son, Edward, lives on the 
paternal acres, and his son, Kufus, lives on the farm' recently 
owned by the late J. J. Bodge, and known as the "William 
Bailey place." Both these sons are married and have families. 

ROBERTS 

Jonathan Roberts came to Windham previous to Apr. 1, 1768, 
as we find, that, on that date, he was married by Rev. Peter T. 
Smith to Elizabeth Webb, daughter of Samuel and Bethia 
(Spear) Webb. His origin or where he located in town, we 
are unable to ascertain. He and his wife, Elizabeth, had one 
child born in this town, Samuel, born Feb., 1789. He appears 
to have moved to Buckfield, where he died. He was a Revolu- 
tionary soldier, as will be seen by the following entry on the 
Revolutionary Army Rolls, in the old State House in Boston : 
"Jonathan Roberts private in Capt. Nathan Merrill's Co. from 
July 8th to Sept. 25th, 1779. in the Penobscot Expedition. Dis- 
charged at Falmouth. Residence, Windham, Me." 

Joseph Roberts, born at Brentwood, N. H., Feb. 6, 1756, 
enlisted from Windham, for eight months in Capt. Wentworth 
Stuart's Co., Col. Edmund Phinney's Regt. Enlisted again for 
one year in Capt. Wentworth Stuart's Co. (afterwards com- 
manded by Capt. Jonathan Sawyer), Col. Edmund Phinney's 
18th Continental Regt. Discharged at Fort George. He en- 
listed as a private in Capt. Nathan Merrill's Co., in June, 1779, 
for four months in the Penobscot Expedition. 

We find on the town records that Joseph Roberts, then of 
Windham, married, Oct. 12, 1777, "Easter llambelton," and 
her residence is given as Windham. It is thought they w^ent 
to Buckfield. 

On Mar. 30, 1907, we received a letter from Thomas A. 



GENEALOGY 521 

Roberts of Lebanon, N. H., in which he sent a list of the soldiers 
of the French and Indian and Revolutionary wars, who had lived 
and died in Buckfield, together with the battles in w^hich they 
had participated and their estimated age at death. Among 
these veterans we find the following: 
"Joseph Roberts, age 77, battles Bagaduce. 

Joseph Roberts. Jr., age 90, battles Bunker Hill. 

Jonathan Roberts, age 74, battles Bagaduce." 
Mr. Roberts stated that the list was prepared "about sixty 
years ago by Hon. V. D. Parris. " It is probable that the Joseph 
and Jonathan Roberts mentioned in the above list were Wind- 
ham soldiers. Of Joseph Roberts, Jr., Ave know nothing, and we 
do not think he Avas a Windham man. 

ROBINSON 

John Robinson, ancestor of all bearing that name in Wind- 
ham, was the son of Timothy and Mary Robinson of Dover, 
N. H. No record of his birth can be found. He came here 
sometime previous to 1766 ; as. on Apr. 8, 1766, he married 
Tabitha, daughter of Nathan and Charity Winslow of Falmouth. 
He Avas a Quaker and settled on the farm noAv OAvned by Joseph 
Nugent. He Avas also a tanner and currier. He died in Wind- 
ham, Aug. 21, 1800. She died Apr. 30, 1822, and they are 
buried in the old Quaker burial ground near Windham Center. 
Their children, so far as known : 

1. Timothy, born Apr. 17, 1767. 

2. Mary, born Nov. 26, 1768, m. Noah Read. 

3. Reuben, born 1770. 

Timothy, son of John and Tabitha Robinson, married, Oct. 
2. 1794, Salome, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Allen) 
Kennard of Windham. She was born Feb. 27, 1767. They 
were both members of the Quaker Society and lived and died in 
that faith. He was a farmer, shoemaker, and a tanner and 
currier; settled on the place afterwards OAAiied by his son, 
Oliver, and died there, June 5, 1851. His Avife, Salome, died 
Nov. 29, 1853. They had eight children, as follows: 

1. Otis, born Sept. 15, 1795; d. June 20, 1799. 

2. Nathan, born Apr. 10, 1797; went West, when a young 
man, and AA-as ne\'er heard from afterAvards. 



522 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

3. Tamsoii, born Feb. 8. 1799, m. Cyrus Mitchell. 

4. Mary, born Jan. 18, 1801. d. July 31. 1819; unmarried. 

5. Isaac, born Aug. 21, 1802. 

6. Anna, born Sept. 2. 1804. ni. David Rowland. 

7. Cynthia, born Mar. 18, 1807, m. Amos Hanson. 

8. Oliver, born Aug. 25, 1812. 

Reuben, son of John and Tabitha Robinson, married, Sept. 
29. 1796, Lydia, daughter of Elijah and Martha Hanson of 
Windham. He was a farmer and lived on the farm where hia 

son, Elijah, afterwards lived ; and here he died Mar. 1833. 

His wife, Lydia, died in April, 1849. Their children were: 

1. Ezekiel, born June 29, 1797. 

2. Joel, born June 14, 1801. 

3. Elijah, born May 8, 1804. 

4. Huldah, born June 30, 1808; died Aug. 13, 1863; un- 
married. 

,5. ]\Iartha, born Aug. 31, 1810, m. John W. Freeman of 
Falmouth, (intention entered Mar. 15, 1831). 
6. John W.. born July 15, 1812. 

Stephen Robinson Avas the brother of John, senior, and was 
born in Dfiver, N. H., Feb. 14, 1742, 0. S. His wife was Content 
Alley. She was born July 23, 1752 ; and died in Windham, 

Nov. 1818. He died Aug. 23, 1820; was a farmer and 

lived and died at East Windham. Their children, so far as 
known, were as follows: 

1. Rebecca, born about 1773, m. James Hawkes. 

2. Stephen, born June 10, 1781, 

3. Timothy, born 1785. 

4. John, born 1787. 

5. Miriam, born Sept. 26, 1790; m., Feb. 14, 1811. Charles 
Cartland. 

6. Lydia, m., Feb. 8, 1816, Josiah Winslow of 

Westbrook. 

Stephen, son of Stephen and Content (Alley) Robinson, 
married his cousin, Mary Robinson, born in Dover, N. H., May 
15, 1784. He was a Quaker, lived at East Windham, and died 
there, Dec. 11, 1868, aged 87 years. His wife, ^lary, died at 
same place, Aug. 17, 1869, aged 85 years. They are both buried 



GENEALOGY 523 

in Friends' burial ground, near Windham Center. Their chil- 
dren were as follows, all born in Windham : 

1. Anna, born Dec. 14, 1804, d. July 1876; un- 
married. 

2. William, born Dec. 18, 1806. 

3. Ira, born Nov. 26, 1808. 

4. Alley, born Jan. 9, 1812, d. Sept. 28, 1813. 

5. Rufus. born Jan. 14, 1815. 

6. Lewis, born May 1, 1817. 

7. Stephen, born June 23, 1819; d. Feb. 23, 1866; un- 
married. 

8. George, born May 10, 1821, d. Feb. 15, 1880. 

9. Charles, born July 30, 1823. 

10. Content, born Oct. 26, 1826, d. Mar. 23, 1828. 

John, son of Stephen and Content (Alley) Robinson, mar- 
ried, July 11, 1812, Emma, daughter of Noah and Mary (Rob- 
inson) Read of Windham. He was a Quaker of the old- 
fashioned type and was noted for his strict observance of the 
rules of that society. He was a wealthy farmer and owned and 
occupied the farm recently owned by Joseph T. Jones, near 
Little Falls. His wife, Emma, died May 14, 1867. He died Oct. 
10, 1864. They had five children: 

1. Huldah, born July 15, 1813; died Aug. 25, 1837; un- 
married. 

2. Otis, born Nov. 25, 1814 ; died Feb. 16, 1884 ; unmarried. 

3. Noah, born June 19, 1816, died June 28, 1817. 

4. Miriam, born Feb. 21, 1818; died July 14, 1834; un- 
married. 

5. Mary Jane, born Dec. 16, 1819, died young. 

Timothy, son of Stephen and Content (Alley) Robinson, 

married Sarah (Winslow), widow of Lane. He was a 

farmer and lived in the Quaker Neighborhood, on the place 
where his son, Henry, afterwards lived. He died Feb. 8, 1865, 
aged 80 years. His wife died Nov. 24, 1870, aged 92 years, 7 
mos. 2 days. Children: 

1. Harriet, born Dec. 9, 1816; m. John W. Robinson; died 
Oct. 8, 1889. 

2. Edward, born Feb. 25, 1818. 

3. Henry, born Mar. 26, 1820. 



524 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

4. Elizabeth, born Apr. 27, 1822. She had three husbands. 

Oliver, son of Timothy and Salome (Kennard) Robinson, 
married Sarah 0., daughter of Jacob and Betsey (Jackson) 
Taber. He was the well-known boot and shoe manufacturer. 
He inherited his father's homestead and always lived there. 
He was a Quaker and was noted for his upright character. He 
died Mar. 5, 1890, aged 78 years. His wife died Dec. 4, 1906, 
aged 87 years. Children: 

1. Charles 0., born May 7, 1840; died Dec. 24, 1910; un- 
married. 

2. Ellen, born Sept. 13, 1841 ; died Apr. 4, 1869 ; unmarried. 

3. Maria, born Mar. 17, 1852 ; married George Clark, M.D. ; 
died Dec. 8, 1879. 

4. Annie 0., born Apr. 7, 1857; married Fred Hodge; de- 
ceased. 

Elijah, son of Reuben and Lydia (Hanson) Robinson, mar- 
ried Ermina Freeman of Falmouth. He was a farmer, and 
lived on the farm formerly owned by his father, Reuben, where 
he died Dec. 2, 1868, aged 60 years. His wife died May 29, 
1877, aged 58 years. We have no connected record of his chil- 
dren, but he had Reuben, who served a term of enlistment in 
Co. C, 30th :\Ie. Regt., during the Civil War; and Howard P., 
who served in the same Regt. and Co., and was killed at the 
Battle of Spottsylvania, May 18, 1864, aged 17 years. There 
were also two daughters, Lovina, who married Benjamin Irish^ 
and Abbie, (possibly more). 

John W., son of Reuben and Lydia (Hanson) Robinson, 
married Harriet, daughter of Timothy and Sarah (Winslow- 
Lane) Robinson. He was a shoemaker and lived in the Quaker 
Neighborhood. He died Dec. 5, 1876, aged 64 years, 6 months. 
His Avife, Harriet, died Oct. 8, 1889 ; had no children. 

Henry, son of Timothy and Sarah (Winslow-Lane) Robin- 
son, married Lydia Varney. He was a farmer and lived on his 
father's place, on the Gray Road, which he inherited. He died 
Dec. 22, 1883. His wife, Lydia, died Dec. 22, 1886. They are 
buried in the Quaker burial ground near the meeting-house. 
Their children : 

1. William H., born Sept. 25, 1854. 



GENEALOGY 525 

2. Herbert W., born July 27, 1857 ; is a physician ; lives at 
Epping, N. H. 

3. Edward F., born Mar. 17, I860; is a physician at Fal- 
mouth; married Jennie, daughter of Samuel and Helen (Mor- 
ton) Mayberry. She died Mar. 29, 1910. 

4. Elwood, born Apr. 2, 1862. 

5. Elma F.. born Apr. 3, 1864; married, Sept. 1, 1887, 
George P. Plaisted of Gorham ; lives in that town. 

RHODE 

Lonnon Rhode Avas the Negro slave of William Mayberry, 
the second settler of Windham. When, where, or how, he ob- 
tained this personal chattel, is lost in the dim mists of antiquity. 
Lonnon is said to have been very black, but tall and well-formed ; 
possessed of great bodily strength and a pleasant disposition, 
which rendered him a favorite with the children and young 
people of the settlement. He was devotedly attached to Mr. 
Mayberry, who trusted him implicitly, and was never dis- 
appointed in his truthfulness and lionesty ; hence a warm attach- 
ment existed between the two, which rendered the bondman's 
condition as a slave, merely nominal. 

Lonnon married, Dec. 8, 1763, Chloe , also a slave to 

W^illiam Mayberry. The ceremony was performed by Rev. 
Peter T. Smith, second minister of Windham, and is duly re- 
corded on the town records. An old tradition relates, that, when 
Lonnon and Chloe came to have the knot tied, they presented a 
somewhat grotesque appearance, she being short, fat, and sev- 
eral shades lighter than her soon-to-be husband. Swelling with 
his new-found happiness, Lonnon requested Mr. Smith to ' ' make 
dis twain one flesh." His Reverence was greatly amused and 
nearly bursting with suppressed laughter, but managed to per- 
form the ceremony with due dignity, and then said to the groom, 
' ' Salute your bride. ' ' Drawing himself to his full height, with 
a tremendous flourish, the happy man replied, "After you is 
manners, Sar. " Rev. Mr. Smith used to tell this story with 
great glee at the minister's conventions, but never told whether 
he accepted the black man's challenge or not. 

^Ir. William ]\Iayberry died ]\Iar. 15, 1765, leaving a con- 
siderable estate, in the division of which Lonnon fell to the share 



526 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

of Thomas, and Chloe to Capt. Richard, sons of William, in 
whose service they continued. To this couple were born four 
children, whose names are recorded in the Church Book. They 
were as follows: 

1. Harry, Lapt. Oct. 1766, by Rev. Peter T. Smith. 

2. Robin, bapt. Mar. 1768. by Rev. Peter T. Smith. 

3. Lucy, bapt. Apr. 19, 1772, by Rev. Peter T. Smith. 

4. Hagar, bapt. Jan., 1775, by Rev. Peter T. Smith. 

Mr. Thomas ]\Iayberry died previous to 1777, as, on Jan. 
22d of that year, his widow, ^largarct, as administratrix of his 
estate, sold Lonnon, his freedom. The Bill of Sale was duly 
entered on the town records, and is as follows: "January 22, 
1777. "Windham, Cumberland, ss. This may certify that I, 
Margaret Mayberry administratrix, hath received twenty pounds 
of my negro man, named Lonnon, it being the sum of his ap- 
praisal of Mr. Thomas ^layberry's estate, and I hereby certify 
that the above named Lonnon is free and his own man. ^lar- 
garet Mayberry. Witness, Richard Dole, Joseph Weeks." 

Two days previous to the signing of his certificate of free- 
dom, on Jan. 20. 1777, Lonnon Rhode enlisted for three years 
in Capt. John Skillings' Co., Col. Ebenezer Francis's 11th Mass- 
achusetts Regt. He was mustered into the service at Falmouth, 
by Major Daniel Ilsley, was paid his bounty of £26, and thus 
obtained the money to purchase his freedom. He was duly 
mustered into the Continental Army by Col. Varick, Muster 
Master. The company marched to Beverly, the home of the 
Colonel, and from there to Bennington. Vermont. He was at 
Bennington about Feb. 1st. They were at Skeensborough, N. Y., 
Apr. 3d, where Capt. Skillings was killed that day. Lieut. 
Samuel Thomes of Stroudwater was made Captain of the Com- 
pany, although Capt. Silas Clark had command for a time. The 
regiment marched to Fort Ticonderoga, where they were "mis- 
erably clothed." They were in the retreat from that Fort in 
the early morning of July 6, 1777, and fought in the Battle of 
Hubbardton the next morning. They had lost all their bag- 
gage in the retreat from Fort Ticonderoga. The Battle of Hub- 
bardton was bitterly contested, and Col. Francis was killed in 
one of the onslaughts. The regiment was in the Battle of Sara- 



GENEALOGY 527 

toga, Oct. 7, 1777, and witnessed the surrender of Burgoyne ten 
days later. They marched soon after Oct. 28th and were at 
West Point Nov. 7th ; went into camp at Whitemarsh, X. J., 
Nov. 22d, thus joining Washington's army twelve miles north 
of Philadelphia, in sight of the British army. Lonnon Rhode 
died here Dee. 9, 1777. ten days b,efore the army mai'ched to 
Valley Forge, and is doubtless buried at the Whitemarsh en- 
campment. Rhode's service was from Jan. 20, 1777 to Dec. 9, 
1777, a term of 10 months and 19 days, for which lie is credited 
on the records. 

What became of his family w^e do not know, excepting the 
third child, Lucy. She appears to have supported herself for 
several years, but, at length, became a town charge. She died 
at the Windham Town Farm, about 1837, and was buried in 
the Brown Cemetery near Little Falls; and, with her death, 
departed the last relic of chattel slavery in Windham. 

SHANE 

Among tlie men who located in Windham after the Revolu- 
tionary War was Richard Shane, who was of Irish nationality 
and by trade a tailor. His true name was Shehan. as that is 
Avhat he called himself, when we first hear of him. He came 
from Berwick, Ale., and had served in the Revolutionary Army 
from that town. He enlisted July 1, 1778, in Capt. Simeon 
Brown's Company, in Col. Nathaniel Wade's Regt., and was 
stationed at East Greenwich. R. 1. His service in this Company 
was six months and seven days, and he was discharged Jan. 9, 
1779. His name then was Richard Shehan, and he was described 
as being 24 years old. 5 feet. 6 inches in height, and of light 
complexion. He enlisted again, Jul.v 28, 1779, in Capt. Closes 
Ashley's Co., in Col. Joseph Vose's 1st Alass. Regt.. served nine 
months and twenty-six days, and was discharged May 23, 1780. 
He again enlisted from Berwick, Aug. 1. 1780, and marched to 
Springfield under Ensign Symonds on Aug. 31, 1780. and went 
into camp Sept. 7th. He was then said to be 26 years of age. 
5 feet, 5 inches in height, and of light complexion. He served 
in Capt. Noah Allen's Co., Col. Joseph Vose's Regt., for nine 
months and twenty days, being discharged Apr. 20. 1781. 



528 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

During this last service, he was in the garrison at West Point 
on the Hudson River and overstaid his time. 

Richard Shane came to Windham soon after the War, and 
married Susannah Proctor, a daughter of William Proctor. He 
first bought land in Windham, in 1793. He was married Nov. 
28, 1788, and lived in the southeast part of the town. He went 
to Hebron about 1807, and was there tlie next year, when he 
bought land in Raymond (now Casco). where he soon after 
moved. He conveyed land there, in the latter part of his life, to 
his son, Richard Shane. Jr. ; and the terms were that it was not 
to be conveyed out of the family for twenty years. He lived in 
what is called the "Dingle.v Neighborhood" at Casco. He drew 
a pension for his army services and died ^lar. 31, 1828. about 
74 years of age. It is said that his wife outlived him. 

They had at least five children, possibly more. They were 
as follows : 

1. Richard, Jr., whose wife was Betsey , and their 

children were : Charles, Samuel, Otis, Eliza Ann. Jane, who died 
young, Ellen, and Susan, (possibly others). We believe he has 
living descendants. 

2. William; never married; lived at Casco, and died there. 
He was alive in 1865. 

3. Samuel, was drowned in Sebago Lake, when a young man. 

4. Betsey, married Ezra Goold of Windham. He died Sept. 
22, 1818. She died May 26, 1882, aged 93 years, 4 months. 
They had a daughter, Louisa, who married Capt. John C. Jaques. 
She died in 1886, aged 72 years. He died in 1895, aged 88 years. 

5. Sarah, born in 1800; married, Nov. 6, 1825, Nathaniel 
Hamblen of Gorham, and lived on Fort Hill. He was born Nov. 
8, 1794, and died May 7. 1867, aged 73 years. His wife died 
^lay 6. 1880. aged 80 years. Their children were: 

1. Cyrus, born Jan. 23, 1827. 

2. Levi, born June 30, 1828. 

3. Archelaus L., born Aug. 30. 1831. 

4. ]Maria L., born Nov. 13, 1836, married Leonard C. 
Roberts. 

6. Margaret, said to have been living in Casco, unmarried, 
in 1864. 



GENEALOGY 529 

SMITH 

The ancestor of the Smith family in Windham was the Rev. 
Peter Thacher Smith. He was the eldest son of Rev. Thomas 
Smith, first minister of Portland ; his mother was Sarah Tyng, 
Mr. Smith's first wife. He was born in Portland (then called 
Falmouth), June 1-4. 1731 ; graduated at Harvard College in the 
class of 1753 ; studied theology with his father, at the same time 
teaching school in his native town. He preached occasionally 
at Windham, to the great approval of the people, who had been 
destitute of a pastor since 1753, when their first pastor, the 
Rev. John Wight, died. In 1759, he was invited to preach here 
for six months, which he did; and in Nov., 1759, he received an 
urgent call to become their settled minister. He accepted, and, 
on Sept. 22, 1762, he was ordained in the old Fort, as "Pastor 
of the first Church and Parish in Windham." He continued in 
the pastoral office for nearl.v thirt,y years, until 1790. when he 
was dismissed. He died in Windham, Oct. 26, 1826. aged 96 
years. His remains are entombed in the cemetery that still bears 
his name, where he had constructed a family vault several years 
before his death. Mr. Smith was twice married. His first wife 
was Miss Elizabeth Wendell, daughter of Jacob and P]lizabeth 
(Hunt) Wendell of Boston, to whom he was married Oct. 8, 
1765, in the Old South Church, Boston, by the pastor. Rev. Dr. 
Sewell. Mr. and Mrs. Smith had eleven children, as follows : 

1. Elizabeth Hunt, born Aug. 17, 1766. 

2. Sarah, born Apr. 9, 1768. 

3. Lucy, born Aug. 24, 1769. 

4. Thomas, born Oct. 2, 1770. 

5. John Tyng, born ^Mar. 6. 1772. 

6. Mary^ born July 6, 1774. 

7. Peter, born Nov. 6, 1775, died Nov. 9, 1775. 

8. Ann Wendell, born :\Iar. 28, 1777. 

9. Rebecca, born June 15, 1778, died Apr. 19, 1782. 

10. Susannah Wendell, born Mar. 31, 1780. 

11. Rebecca, born Sept. 25, 1783, died Oct. 31, 1808; un- 
married. 

Mrs, Elizabeth (Wendell) Smith, died in Windham, Oct. 16, 
1799. Mr. Smith's second wife was ^Irs. Jane Loring. third 
daughter of Shrimpton Hunt and widow of Dr. Loring of Bos- 



530 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

ton. The date of their marriage is unknown to me, but the in- 
tention was entered on the Windham Town Records, Sept. 12, 
1801. She died Apr. 20, 182-t, aged 70 years. 

Elizabeth Hunt, daughter of Rev. Peter T. and Elizabeth 
(Wendell) Smith, it is said, married John Parwell of Tyns- 
borough, ]\Iass., and died there Noa'. 28, 1807. 

Sally, daughter of Rev. Peter T. and Elizabeth (Wendell) 

Smith, married 1797, Hezekiah Smith. He was a native 

of Truro, Cape Cod. Was a farmer and lived on the place now 
(1905) owned by George Haw^kes, where he died July 15, 1824. 
She died at same place, Jan. 3, 1854, aged 88 years. Their re- 
mains are deposited in her father's tomb. Their children were: 

1. Peter, l)orn 1798, died same year. 

2. AVilliam. born Oct. 21, 1799, died Oct. 25, 1799. 

3. William, born Dec. 1801, baptized Jan. 10, 1802. 

^ 4. Thomas, born 1803, baptized Jan. 24, 1804. 

5. Rebecca, born Apr. 9. 1809, died May 18, 1893. 

6. Mary J., born Jan. 14, 1811, died Jan. 26, 1885. 

Lucy, daughter of Rev. Peter T. and Elizabeth (W^endell) 
Smith, married, Aug. 13. 1788, Abraham Anderson. He was the 
son of Abraham Anderson, fifth settler of Windham; was a 
farmer and lived on his father's place in the south part of the 
town. The farm is still owned by his descendants. He died 
Sept. 3, 1844; he was the last person born in the old Province 
Fort. His wife, Lucy, died Apr. 17, 1844, and their remains 
were deposited in the Smith tomb. They had children, as fol- 
lows : 

1. "AVilliam. died July 7, (year obliterated), aged 3 mos. 

2. John, died Oct. 12, 1791, aged 7 months. 

3. An infant, died Aug. 14, 1791. Children of Mr. Abra- 
ham and Lucy Anderson." 

The above is the inscription found on a small, old-fashioned 
headstone near the Smith family tomb in the Smith Cemetery. 
The other children of Abraham and Lucy (Smith) Anderson 
were as follows: 

1. Peter S., born May 12, 1789. 

2. John, born July 30, 1792. 



GENEALOGY 531 

3. Betsey, boi-n July 23, 1795, m. John Farwell of Tyngs- 
borough. 

4. Nancy, born Nov. 6. 1797, m. Dr. John AVatennan. 

5. Edward, born Oct. 30, 1801. 

6. Abraham W., born 1804. (See Anderson Rec- 
ord. ) 

Thomas, son of Rev. Peter T. and Elizabeth (Wendell) 
Smith, married, Aug. 26, 1792, Polly, daughter of Capt. David 
Barker of Salem, Mass. He was a merchant and had a store 
nearly opposite the residence of the late William Brown on the 
River Road at South Windham. He died Feb. 27, 1802. aged 
about 32 years. His widow married for a second husband 
Robert Wyer. The date of the marriage cannot now be found, 
but the intention was entered on the Windham Town Records, 
on Nov. 26, 1809, and he was then "of Gorham." Robert 
Wyer died Aug. 30, 1835, aged 60 years. His wife. Polly, died 
Jan. 12, 1846, aged 75 years. They are interred in the Smith 
Cemetery, where modest headstones mark their last resting-place. 
It is probable that ^Ir. Smith's remains are in the Smith family 
vault, in the same cemctei-y. They had four children, as fol- 
lows : 

1. Tyng, born Feb. 24, 1793. 

2. Eliza W., born :\Iay 24, 1795 ; married, first, on Oct. 26, 
1824, Thomas Stevens. Had one child, Mary Eliza. Her second 
husband was Alexander Pride of Westbrook, ]\le. She died June 
22. 1866. 

3. Thomas L.. born Nov. 3. 1797. 

4. Mary Ann, born 1800, married Enoch White of 

Windham (intention entered Dec. 5, 1834). Had one son, 
William II. 

Thomas L., son of Thomas and Polly (Barker) Smith, mar- 
ried. Mar. 18, 1821, Eliza, daughter of Joseph and Abigail 
Chamberlain. He died Jan. 3. 1882. She died July 22, 1888. 
They had five children : 

1. Mary Ann, born Dec. 10, 1823, died Oct. 26. 1867. un- 
married. 

2. Edward Tyng, born Feb. 26, 1826. 

3. Wendell T., born July 17, 1835, died Oct. 26, 1864. un- 
married. 



532 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

4. Frances Elizabeth, born Aug. 23, 1837. 

5. Eliza Wendell, born May 26, 1842 ; m. G. C. Hathaway of 
Natick; no children. 

John Tyng, son of Rev. Peter T. and Elizabeth (Wendell) 
Smith, married Mary Duguid. on Apr. 15. 1798. She was born 
at South Ronaldsha, in the Orkney Islands, about 1761. The 
family tradition is, that she was a daughter of Lord Duguid, 
a Scottish nobleman, and that she was a niece of Mrs. William 
Tyng. who was the daughter of Capt. Alexander and Elizabeth 
(Duguid) Ros.-}. Previous to his marriage, Mr. Smith purchased 
a tract of land containing aljout three hundred acres, which was 
originally granted to John Tyng, Esq., of Tyngsborough, Mass. 
This farm is now owned by the Rines Bros, and is one of the 
best in the Town of Gorham. Mr. Smith, in his young days, 
was greatly interested in military affairs and rose to the rank 
of Colonel. He w^s called to the defence of Portland in the 
War of 1812. He died in Gorham, Oct. 22, 1856. aged 84. His 
wife died at same place Jan. 19, 1855, also aged 84. They are 
interred in the cemetery at Gorham Village. They had seven 
sons: 

1. William Tyng, born Sept. 21, ]800, died July 15, 1801. 

2. William Tyng. born June 19. 1802. 

3. Peter Wendell, born June 6, 1805. 

4. Edward Tyng, born Dec. 17, 1807. 

5. Arthur McL.. born Dec. 8, 1810, d. Aug. 4. 1847; un- 
married. 

6. John Duguid, born Dec. 2, 1813, d. May 29, 1836, in Ala. 

7. Thomas S.. born Oct. 17, 1816, d. Dec. 15. 1894; unmar- 
ried. 

Mary, daughter of Rev. Peter T. and Elizabeth (Wendell) 
Smith, married, Jan. 31, 1796, Jonathan Winslow of Albion. 
Me. ; settled in that town. 

Susannah Wendell, daughter of Rev. Peter T. and Elizabeth 
(Wendell) Smith, married. May 31, 1801, Dr. Calvin Thomas of 
Tyngsborough. Mass. 

Ann Wendell, daughter of Rev. Peter T. and Elizabeth 
(Wendell) Smith, married Charles Barker of Windham, (inten- 
tion entered Apr. 9, 1807). 



GENEALOGY 533 

Tyng, son of Thomas and Polly (Barker) Smith, married 
Hannah Sparrow; had two sons: 

1. Thomas. 

2. Tyng. 

William, son of Hezeldah and Sally (Smith) Smith, married, 
Jan. 2, 1830, Mary, daughter of Isaac and Hannah (Chesley) 
Elder of AVindham. He was a farmer; lived near Windham 
Center, and died there July 4, 1886. She died at same place, 
Jan. 26, 1863. They are buried in the cemetery on his farm, 
about half a mile from the Center. He was a captain in the 
old militia and rose to the rank of ^Vlajor. Had three children: 

1. Nancy, m. Nathaniel Cobb. 

2. Angeline, m. David Larrabee. 

3. Mary Ellen, died young. 

Thomas, son of Hezekiah and Sally (Smith) Smith, married, 
Jan. 18, 1829, Susannah H., a daughter of Thomas and Betsey 
(Mayberry) Bodge of Windham. He was a farmer and lived 
in the Bodge Neighborhood on the farm now (1912) owned by 
his son-in-law. Dennis J. Sawyer. He died Feb. 2, 1885. She 
died Jan. 5, 1898, aged 91 years, 7 months, 15 days. They are 
interred in the Chase Cemetery near where they settled. Had 
six children : 

1. Josiah W., born July 26, 1831. 

2. George T., born Oct. 22, 1833, died in Deering District, 
July 14, 1910. 

3. Melissa J., born Sept. 9, 1835, married John A. Cobb of 
Windham. 

4. John A., born Dec. 23, 1836. 

5. Abner T., born May 10, 1842. 

6. Charity A., born Feb. 23, 1844, married Dennis J. Saw- 
yer. 

]\Iary J., daughter of Hezekiah and Sally (Smith) Smith, 
married Hiram Chase of Windham. (See Chase Record.) 

Rebecca, daughter of Hezekiah and Sally (Smith) Smith, 
married Liba Bachelder, (See Bachelder record.) 

Edward T., son of Thomas L. and Eliza (Chamberlain) 
Smith, married, July 13, 1853, Eliza Marston of Yarmouth. 
He was by trade a carriage maker ; settled at Little Falls Village, 



534 



WINDHAM IN THE PAST 



where he worked in his own shop for fifty years. He died July 
6, 1909, aged 83 years, 4 months, 10 days. His wife, Eliza, died 
Nov. 4, 1906, aged 84 years, 11 months, 3 days. They had no 
children. 

Josiah W., son of Thomas and Susannah (Bodge) Smith, 
married, sometime in 1853, Caroline, daughter of Ira Bachelder, 
then of Windham. He was a Union soldier, and served nine 
months in the 25th Maine Regt. ; lives in Bridgewater, Mass. ; 
has one son, Charles. 

George T., son of Thomas and Susannah (Bodge) Smith. 
married Orrissa D., daughter of Rev. Elliott and Julia (Stanley) 
Lamb. She died in Portland (Deering District) May 10. 1909. 
aged 73 years, 7, months, 6 days. He died at the same place, 
July 14, 1910. They had one daughter, Winifred, who married 
H. F. Goding. 

Melissa J., daughter of Thomas and Susannah (Bodge) 
Smith, married, John A. Cobb, (for children see Cobb record). 

John A., son of Thomas and Susannah (Bodge) Smith, mar- 
ried Ellen, daughter of ]\Ioses Hanson of Portland. He is a 
farmer and lives at Allen 's Corner. Has two children : 

1. Lincoln J., born June 15, 1863. 

2. Mary E., born 1870; married, Edwin Burnham; 

no children. She is the well-known Police Matron of Portland. 

Abner T., son of Thomas and Susannah (Bodge) Smith, mar- 
ried Mary E. Littlefield. He was for several years a trader in 
Portland ; lived at Allen 's Corner, where he had a large farm. 
He now resides in Gray, Me. Had two children : 

1. Ernest T. 

2. Jennie. 

Charity A., daughter of Thomas and Susannah (Bodge) 
Smith, married Dennis J., son of Lemuel and Esther (Purinton) 
Sawyer of Standish, Me. They lived on her father's farm, in 
the Bodge Neighborhood. Had three children: 

1. George Thomas, born Aug. 12, 1865. 

2. William Arthur, born July 15, 1873. 

3. Annie Luella, born June 19, 1884. 

Wendell P., son of Col. John T. and Mary (Duguid) Smith, 



GENEALOGY 535 

married Mary Shaw. He was a Brig. Gen. of militia, also Sheriff 
of Cumberland County. He lived in Portland, where he died 
Mar. 28, 1862. His wife died in 1892. They are buried in the 
cemetery at Gorham Village. Had one child, (possibly more), 
Fanny; lives in Portland; unmarried. 

William T., eldest son of Col. John Tyng and Mary (Duguid) 
Smith, married Margaret, daughter of George W. Duncan. He 
was a lawyer, lived in Portland, and died there. The date of 
their deaths 1 have not learned, neither do I know if they had 
children. 

Edward T., son of John Tyng, and Mary (Duguid) Smith 

married, 1837. ^largaret. daughter of William H. and 

Betsey Foster of Gorham. He was a farmer and lived near his 
father. He was also a militia officer and rose to the rank of 
Brig. General. He died in Gorham, Apr. 20, 1885. His wife 
died July 27. 1897. They had two children: 

1. Mary D., born May 8, 1839; married William H. White 
of Windham; died July 30, 1869. 

2. Edward H. F., born Aug. 30, 1844; married Bertha 
Humphrey of Yarmouth ; died at Gorham Village, ]\Iar. 2, 1905. 

William H. Smith was the son of James and Mrs. Mary 
(Brackett) Halliday. daughter of Anthony and Kerenhappuck 
Brackett of Portland. Their son, William H., was born about 
1787; married, Dec. 25, 1810, Sally, daughter of William and 
Jane (Miller) Mayberry of Windham. He was a joiner by 
trade; lived in Gorham and Windham. They had children, as 
follows : 

1. Samuel, settled in Dixfield. 

2. Simon, settled in Dixfield. 

3. Jane, married J. Porter Hall. 

4. William M., born Dec. 14, 1822. 

Mrs. Sally Smith was born Dec. 16, 1786, and died Oct. 30, 
1823. Oct. 27, 1825, Mr. Smith married for his second wife, 
Esther, daughter of Cornelius and Meribah Branhall. He went 
to Dixfield and died there. It is believed that he was in no way 
related to the Smiths of Windham. 

William M. Smith, son of the above, married Sarah, daughter 
of Ebenezer and Dorcas (Cobb) HaAvkes of Windham, about 



536 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

1846. He is a farmer and owns the farm which his grandfather, 
William Mayberry, cleared from the forest. Mr. Smith has been 
an active, stirring man all his life, and. a good citizen. He was 
one of the Selectmen of Windham in 1867, 1868, 1869, and again, 
in 1872, and 1873. He and his wife arc now (1912) living in 
extreme old age on the farm where they first began their married 
life. Their children were : 

1. George H., born 1848 ; was a mason in Boston 

several years, and died there Oct. 8, 1905; unmarried. 

2. Cyrus, married Miss Cobb. 

3. Eunice, married Frank Grant of Westbrook; and is de- 
ceased. 

4. Simon, married Ida Baehelder. 

5. Ida E. 

STAPLES 

On the old town records of Windham appears the name of 
Joseph Staples. We do not know anything of his origin nor in 
what part of Windham he located. He and his wife, Betsey 
, had seven children, born in this town : 

1. Jane, born June 1, 1797. 

2. Jeremiah, born Sept. 6, 1799. 

3. Joel, born July 9, 1802. 

4. Lucy, born Sept. 1, 1804. 

5. Eliza, born Dec. 23, 1807. 

6. Caroline, born Dec. 25, 1809. 

7. Rhoda, born Sept. 23, 1812. 

STARLING 

Among the early settlers of Windham was Joseph Starling. 
Where he came from, we do not know. The first notice we find 
of him was in 1751, when he owned and lived on Home Lot No. 
7, in the first division of ten-acre lots. This land he purchased 
of Ebenezer and Benjamin Hawkes, sons of Ebenezer Hawkes, 
Jr., it having been his original right as one of the grantees. 
Joseph Starling also owned Lot No. 8, in the same division, 
which he bought of John Bodge. His house was on the Hawkes 
Lot. He sold the land here to Richard Dole, May 15, 1769, and 
the deed conveys "all buildings and fences now on said land." 



GENE.VLOGY 537 

He moved from Windham to Bristol, Me., and died there, in 

1780. His wife's name was Mary , and they had seven 

children recorded on the Windham records. 

1. Miriam, died Sept. 4, 1751, aged 7 months. 

2. Abigail, born Nov. 13, 1752. 

3. Elizabeth, born Sept. 1, 1755. 

4. Jemima, born Oct. 4, 1759. 

5. Josiah, born Jan. 29, 1762. 

6. Dorrity, born Apr. 29, 1764. 

7. Mary, born Aug. 11, 1766. 

The name has been extinct in Windham for many years, but 
some of this old settler's descendants live in Portland and have 
in their possession his family Bible containing the births of his 
children. This record corresponds with the Windham record 
given above. The Bible was found some years ago on Peak's 
Island. His descendants now write the name "Sterling." 

STEVENS 

The ancestor of this family in Windham and vicinity was 
John Stevens. (For an account of him, see Chapter II.) His 
wife's name was Hannah, but her maiden name is unknown. 
They had six children (possibly more) one of whom, at least, 
was born here. They were: 

1. John, Jr. 

2. Jonathan. 

3. Agnes, married, ]\Iay 1, 1766, Edward Gilman. 

4. Chase. 

5. Sarah. 

6. Nathaniel, born May 7, 1751, in Windham. 

John, Jr., son of John and Hannah Stevens, married, 

Oct. 10, 1763, Hannah Westcott, (or, as the old record has it, 
"Westcoat.") Their intention was filed Aug. 28th of that year, 
and the residence of both is given as Windham. They had two 
children : 

1. Richard, baptized Apr. 7, 1765. 

2. Mary, baptized Oct. , 1766. 

Possibly they had other children, but none appear on either 
town or church records. 



538 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Jonathan, son of John, Sr., and Hannah Stevens, 

married, in 1765, Mehitable Maekentire of Falmouth, (intention 
entered on town records Dec. 7, 1765). The marriage doubtless 
took place in Falmouth, as I find no record of the event in "Wind- 
ham. He was a farmer and appears to have lived for a while 
at Mount Desert ; but finally settled on the hundred-acre lot 
afterwards owned by his son, Jonathan, and later by his grand- 
son, John. Here, with many of his descendants, he lies interred 
in a now deserted lot of land he set apart as a family burial 
place ; but no stone marks the spot, and the date of his death is 
long since forgotten. His Avife, Mehitable, died Nov. 29, 1780; 
and, on May 2, 1782, he married Martha, daughter of Robert 
and Mary (Bolton) Millions of "Windham. She was born Mar. 

10, 1763, and died Oct. , 1849. Jonathan Stevens had by 

his first wife six children, and by his second wife ten more. 
Children by first wife were as follows: 

1. Jonathan, born Mar. 16, 1767, in "Windham; he probably 
died young. 

2. John, born Jan. 22, 1769, at Mount Desert; probably 
died young. 

3. Mehitable, born Feb. 15, 1771, in "Windham. 

4. Sarah, born Aug. 11, 1773, in "Windham. 

5. Hannah, born Nov. 16, 1778. in "Windham. She was for 
many years insane; died in 1849. 

6. Mary, born Nov. 20, 1780. 

Children by second wife, all boi-n in "Windham : 

1. John, born June 7, 1782. 

2. Anna, born Apr. 3, 1784. 

3. William, born July 12, 1786. 

4. Betty, born Dec. 17, 1788. 

5. Martha, born June 10, 1791. 

6. Jonathan, born Sept. 22, 1793. 

7. David, born June 5, 1796, died unmarried. 

8. Robert, born Dec. 20, 1797. 

9. Nathaniel, born Jan. 2, 1804. 
10. Susan, born 1806. 

Chase, son of John and Hannah Stevens, according 

to an entry in his journal now in the possession of one of his 
descendants, was born in Falmouth, Me., Sept. 4, 1746. He 



GENEALOGY 539 

also notices that his father, John Stevens, died Dec. 18, 1786, 
in the 80th year of his age. However, the Windham records 
give the date of his death as Dec. 19, 1788. Chase Stevens mar- 
ried, Jan. 1777, Rebecca Estes. Two years previous to 

his marriage, he joined the Friends' Society, and nearly all of 
his descendants have been identified with that religious denom- 
ination. He was a noted school teacher in his day and, at one 
time, had an academy near the mouth of the old "Horse Beef 
Road," where he taught the higher branches for several years. 
He was also a noted land surveyor, and was a valuable citizen of 
the town. He died in Windham, Apr. 6, 1819. He and his wife, 
Rebecca, had nine children: 

1. David, born Dec. 2, 1777. 

2. John, born Aug. 1, 1779. 

3. Benjamin, born June 28, 1781. 

4. Nathaniel, born May 20, 1783. 

5. Keturah, born Mar. 18, 1785. 

6. Isaac, born Jan. 12, 1787. 

7. Chase, born Sept. 10, 1789. 

8. Hannah, born Oct. 3, 1791. 

9. Nathan, born Oct. 14, 1793. 

Richard, son of John, Jr., and Hannah (Wescott) Stevens, 
married Annie Millions, Aug. 1, 1785. He was a farmer and 
lumberman. Had children, as follows: 



1. 


Isaac, born 




1786 or 7. 


2. 


Hannah, born Nov. 


22, 


. 1789. 


3. 


William, born Apr. 


2, 


1791. 


4. 


Thomas, born Sept. 


5, 


1793. 


5. 


John, born 




1794. 



Mary, daughter of John, Jr., and Hannah (Wescott) Stevens, 
married, Nov., 1792, Jonathan Libby. (No further record.) 

Mehitable, daughter of Jonathan and his first wife, Mehitable 
(Mackentire) Stevens, married, Sept, 2, 1796, Thomas Millions. 
He was a farmer ; lived and died in Windham. Had three chil- 
dren, as follows: 

1. Elizabeth, born July 1, 1797. 

2. Thomas, born Mar. 30, 1799. 

3. Mehitable, born Mar. 21, 1801. 



540 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Sarah, daughter of Jonathan and his first wife, Mehitable 
(Maekentire) Stevens, married, July 11. 1797, Thomas Trott, 
Jun. He was a farmer; lived in Windham. Had children: 

1. Mary, born May 30, 1798. 

2. Mehitable. born Nov. 2, 1799. 

John, son of Jonathan and his second wife, Martha (Millions) 
Stevens, married, Nov. 6, 1803, Sally (or Sarah) Trott. He 
was a lumberman ; carried on that business at Ammoncongin, 
(now Cumberland Mills) for many years and died there. He 
was nicknamed "Merino John," but, for what reason, is not 
known ; his children : 

1. Daniel, born Nov. 17, 1803. 

2. Eliza, born 1805. 

3. Lois, born 1808. 

4. William H., born 1810. 

5. Mark, born 1814. 

6. Caroline, born 1817. 

Anna, daughter of Jonathan and his second wife, Martha 
(Millions) Stevens, married, Feb. 28, 1808, Isaac Thurlow of 
Raymond, Me. He was a farmer ; settled in Windham, and died 
there. Their children : 

1. Horatio, married Rachel Peaeo and died while yet a 
young man. 

2. Martha, married Peter B. Waterhouse ; lived in Portland, 
and died there. 

3. ]\Iariam, married Joseph Parker of Standish ; and died 
several years ago. 

4. Cyrus, married a Miss Abbott of Westbrook; died at 
Allen's Corner. 

5. Susan A., died unmarried. 

Betty, daughter of Jonathan and Martha (Millions) Stevens, 
was twice mari-ied, first, to Dominicus Bragdon, to whom she was 
married, Nov. 6, 1827. Her second venture was with William 
Mugford. This union took place Nov. 3, 1844. He died Dec. 
, 1865, and she died a few months later. Lived at Wind- 
ham Hill. Had no children by either marriage. 

Martha, daughter of Jonathan and Martha (Millions) 
Stevens, married, Nov, 18, 1810, John Trott, Jr. He was a 



GENEALOGY 541 

farmer; lived in Windham, and died in 1832. She died in 1881. 
Children : 

1. Jane, born 1811; d. 1876; m. a Mr. Foss. 

2. Abigail, (no record). 

3. Sarah, born 1814; d. 1887; nnmarried. 

4. Martha, m. Thomas Bracket!. 

5. Mary, m. Edward Elder. 

6. Juliette. 

7. John, born — : 1826, d. 1828. 

8. William, born 1831, d. 1832. 

Jonathan, son of Jonathan and ^lartha (Millions) Stevens, 

entered his intention of marriage with Thankful Newcomb of 
Gorham, Oct. 21, 1824. She was the daughter of Enos and 
Thankful (Morton) Newcomb. She was born June 23, 1794, 
and died Feb. 20, 1869. He was a farmer and carpenter; lived 
on the farm where his father settled in Windham ; and died in 
the house in which he was born, Nov. 27, 1849. Had the follow- 
ing children : 

1. William, born Oct. 22, 1825. 

2. Sarah, born Mar. 22, 1827; d. 1849; unmarried. 

3. Abner, born Mar. 14, 1828. died Apr. 30, 1906. 

4. John, born June 23, 1829. 

5. Martha A., born July 1, 1831, died Sept. 14, 1909. 

6. Isaac, born Jan. 29, 1834. 

7. Eliza, born Oct. 10, 1836 ; d. 1849 ; unmarried. 

Robert, son of Jonathan and Martha (Millions) Stevens, 
married, first. Louisa Whitney ; second Jane Freeman ; two chil- 
dren by first wife : 

1. Loraine. 

2. Clarinda ; lived in Portland. 

Nathaniel, son of Jonathan and Martha (Millions) Stevens, 
married Ann Fernald. He was a wool puller ; settled in Port- 
land, and died there. Had children : 



1. 


Joseph. 


2. 


James. 


3. 


Mary. 


4. 


Martha. 



Susan, daughter of Jonathan and Martha (Millions) Stevens, 



542 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

married Elias Cobb of Windham, 1824. He was a farmer 

and lived and died on the farm now (1904) owned by his son, 
Charles. She died Aug. 23, 1863, aged 57 years. He died Aug. 
27, 1890, aged 94 years, 8 months. They are buried in the Chase 
Cemetery at South Windham. Had one child: 

1. Charles, born Aug. 31, 1826. (See Cobb record.) 

John, son of Richard and Anne (Millions) Stevens, married 
Lydia Jordan. He was a lumberman ; w^as a tall and finely- 
formed man with a decidedly military gait, and a dignified de- 
meanor. He was known among his acquaintances as "Majestic 
John." He lived at old Horse Beef and died there, Mar. 6, 
1841. His wife survived him, and died in Westbrook a few 
years ago. Had two children : 

1. William Perry, born Oct. , 1816. 

2. Charles, born Mar. 23. 1826. 

John, son of Chase and Rebecca (Estes) Stevens, married 
Mary . The Quaker Records give their children as fol- 
lows: 

1. David, born Mar. 5, 1808, m. Cobb. 

2. Rebecca, born Jan. 26, 1810, m. Patten. 

3. Sarah, born Feb. 29, 1812, m. Moses Maxwell. 

4. Phebe, born Feb. 21, 1815, d. July 24, 1816. 

5. Anna, born Jan. 22, 1818. 

6. Mary, born July 16, 1820. 

Nathaniel, son of Chase and Rebecca (Estes) Stevens, mar- 
ried, March 3, 1808, Molly, daughter of Nicholas and Abigail 
Cobb of Limington, ]\le. He was a farmer and lived in the 
northeasterly part of Windham. He was a member of the 
Friends' Society. He died Mar. 3, 1858. His wife, Molly, died 
Mar. 29, 1883, aged 96 years. They had eleven children, as fol- 
lows: 

1. Lydia, born Nov. 16, 1808, d. Dec. 19, 1808. 

2. Isaiah, born Dec. 27, 1809, d. Dec. 10, 1895. 

3. Eunice, born Dec. 31, 1811, d. Dec. 6, 1895. 

4. Franklin, born May 21, 1814, d. June 21, 1886. 

5. Chase, born Jan. 1, 1815, d. Jan. 17, 1815. 

6. Benjamin, born Aug. 18, 1816, d. July 25, 1859. 

7. Nathan, born Apr. 24, 1819, d. July 2, 1884. 



GENEALOGY 543 

8. Joshua, born Apr. 22, 1821, d. May 16, 1868. 

9. Desire C, born July 26, 1823, d. Mar. 27, 1861. 

10. Abigail, born July 21, 1825, d. Jan. 24, 1829. 

11. ]Moses Cobb, born Jan. 5, 1827. 

Keturah, daughter of Chase and Rebeeea (Estes) Stevens, 
married John Clark; died Oct. 20. 1837. He died Oct. 10, 1837. 
Had three children : 

1. Stephen, born Oct. 6, 1816, d. Feb. 15, ]829. 

2. Caroline, born Apr. 1, 1818. 

3. Emily, born Oct. 21, 1820. 

Franklin, son of Nathaniel and ^Molly (Cobb) Stevens, mar- 
ried, Oct. 21, 1842, Salome B. Hall. He was a farmer and lived 
in the northeast part of Windham. Children: 

1. Adelaide A., born Oct. 27, 1843. 

2. Abbie Ella, born Jan. 28, 1849. 

William Perry, son of John and Lydia (Jordan) Stevens, 
married ^lary Libby ; lived for many years at Horse Beef. Ho 
died at Gorham Town Farm, Sept. 8. 1900. Had eight children, 
whose names are as follows : 

1. Mary E., m. Moses Hawkes. 

2. John C, m. Ella Hardy. 

3. Myron. 

4. Laura. 

5. Althea. 

6. Julia. 

7. Angle. 

8. Anna. 

Charles, son of John and Lydia (Jordan) Stevens, married, 
]\ray 10, 1855, Susan Irish of Gorham. He was a carpenter; 
worked many years for the Oriental PoAvder Co. ; lived, first, at 
Little Falls, but now (1904), in Casco, ]\Ie. Has one child: 

1. Lizzie, born Oct. 14, 1857, m. Irving Kemp. 

Hannah, daughter of Richard and Anne (^Millions) Stevens, 
married. Nov. 29, 1810, Samuel Bridgeham. (No further rec- 
ord.) 

Thomas, son of Richard and Anne (Millions) Stevens, mar- 
ried, Oct. 26, 1824. Eliza H. Smith; had one child: 

1. Marv Eliza. 



544 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

William, sou of Jonathan and Thankful (Newcomb) Stevens, 
married Rebecca Raynes. in March, 1854. He was a farmer 
and carpenter; worked for many years in Portland, afterwards 
in Bangor; later he came to Windham and purchased the farm 
on which he died June 19, 1892. Children: 

1. Alonzo Raynes, born Apr. 16. 1855, in Portland. 

2. William, born Aug. 11, 1857, in Bangor. 

3. Fannie Ellen, born Apr. 6, 1861, in Windham. 

4. George Hill, born Feb. 25, 1863, in Windham. 

5. Annie Raynes, born May 18, 1865, d. Nov. 26, 1883. 

6. Ella Jessie, born Dec. 30. 1869, in Windham. 

John, son of Jonathan and Thankful (Newcomb) Stevens, 
married Ann ^laria. daughter of John and Mehitable (^^lillions) 
Cram of Windham. He settled on his farm, where he lived sev- 
eral years; afterwards went to Cumberland ]\lills, wliere he now 
resides. Had children, as follows : 

1. Caroline, died young. 

2. Frank, d. Sept. 27. 1870, aged 13 yrs.. 5 mos. 

3. Walter, d. young. 

4. Howard. 

5. Annie Bell. 

Martha A., daughter of Jonathan and Thankful (Newcomb) 
Stevens, married. Sept. 10, 1856, John Cram of Windham. He 
was a farmer. He died Jan. 31, 1865. She is not living. Had 
the following children : 

1. Eliza, born May 26, 1858. 

2. John, born Nov. 28. 1860, d. Jan. 13, 1861. 

3. Frank, born Feb. 26, 1861, died in infancy. 

4. George, born Nov. 30, 1863. 

5. Mary, born Aug. 13, 1865. 

Isaac,, son of Jonathan and Thankful (Newcomb) Stevens, 
married, Nov. 9, 1862, Mary, daughter of Samuel and Eliza 
(Barbour) Hawkes of Windham. He is a carpenter and farmer 
and lives near Little Falls. Had children, as follows : 

1. Freddie, born Feb. 11, 1863, d. May 19, 1863. 

2. Charles, born Nov. 27, 1865. 

3. Horace G., born May 20, 1867. 

4. Alice, born June 25, 1874; m., first. Roland V>rrill ; 
second, Charles Leighton. 



GENEALOGY 545 

Daniel, son of John and Sally (Trott) Stevens, married, Apr. 
13, 1834, Ann Manchester. He was a lumberman and lived in 
several places in Cumberland County. He was a coarse, rough, 
quarrelsome man, and was always called "Old Turk." Had 
several children, among others a daughter named Sally Ann, 
and a son named William. In the cemetery at North Wind- 
ham, I find the following inscriptions: "George W., son of 
Daniel and Ann Stevens, died Dec. 19, 1844, aged 3 years, 3 
months." Also, "Caroline D., died Apr. 17. 1850, ae. 2 yrs., 
11 ms. Alfreda M., died Oct. 5, 1850, ae. 14 months, children 
of Daniel and Ann Stevens." There may have been more, but, 
if so, I am not informed. 

Eliza, daughter of John and Sally (Trott) Stevens, married, 
July 4, 1824, Samuel W^aterhouse. I have no knowledge of his 
origin. In the Stevens family burial ground I find the follow- 
ing inscriptions : ' ' Eliza Waterhouse, wife of Samuel Water-- 
house, died Sept. 23, 1824, aged 19 years." Also, "William P., 
son of Samuel and Eliza Waterhouse, died Sept. 23, 1825." 

Lois, daughter of John and Sally (Trott) Stevens, married 
Isaac, son of Benjamin and Jenny (Libby) Irish of Gorham. 
He was a farmer, and they lived on her father's farm in Wind- 
ham, She died Apr. 24, 1868, aged 60 years. He died Nov. 25, 
1884, aged 83 years. Their children were: 

1. John, m. Emily J. Leighton. 

2. Benjamin, m. Lovina Robinson. 

3. Elias F., m. Mary J. Hawkes. 

4. William, m. Georgie Prince. 

5. Etta, died an infant. 

6. Mary, m. George Spear. 

7. Gilbert, is unmarried. 

8. Eliza Ann, m. William Spear. 

William H., son of John and Sally (Trott) Stevens, married, 

Aug. , 1836, Hannah Graffam. He was a lumberman and 

settled in Waterville, Me. Had children, of whom I can learn 
nothing. 

Mark, son of John and Sally (Trott) Stevens, married Bet- 
sey, daughter of Stephen and Mary (Paddon) Webb of Wind- 
ham. He died Sept. 11, 1879. Had one child: 



546 WINDHAM IX THE PAST 

1. Hannahette, married, first, William Bachelder; second, 
Augustus Seabury ; has no children. 

Caroline, daughter of John and Sally (Trott) Stevens, mar- 
ried a ]\Ir. Crocker of Boston, and had two or three children. 
About 1850, while on a visit to her relatives in Windham, she 
eloped with a man named William Gilman. Her husband came 
here and took the children, but made no effort to ascertain her 
whereabouts, and so she disappears from the family history. 

Alonzo R., son of William and Rebecca (Raynes) Stevens, 
married, Nov. 23, 1878, Louisa WHiitney, daughter of Obadiah 
and Louisa (Hawkes) Whitney. She died Oct. 4, 1899, aged 
39 years, 9 months, 25 days. lie is a Second Adventist minister ; 
lives on his father's farm. Has not remarried and has no chil- 
dren. 

George, son of William and Rebecca (Raynes) Stevens, mar- 
ried, Feb. 2, 1884, ^lary Susie, daughter of Charles and Anistatia 
(Hale) Cobb. He is a General Baptist minister and farmer; 
lives in Windham. Has one child: 

1. Clarence W., born Feb. 15, 1891. 

Charles, son of Isaac and ^lary (Hawkes) Stevens, married 
^Matilda Como. He was accidentally killed while at work on the 
railroad, at Lowell, ]\Iass., Feb. 3, 1892. Had one child, now 
deceased. 

Horace G., son of Isaac and Mary (Hawkes) Stevens, mar- 
ried, Dec. 30, 1893, Tura Tandburg. She was born in Norway, 
Europe. July 17, 1875. He is a farmer and carpenter. Lives 
near Little Falls, Gorham. Has children. 

John, son of William Perry and Mary (Libby) Stevens, mar^ 
ried Ella Hardy of Rajonond. He was an employee for the 
Oriental Powder Co. ; was instantly killed by the premature dis- 
charge of a cannon, while firing a salute, July 4, 1879, aged 36 
years. 6 months. Had no children. 

SWETT 

The first man of this name to locate in Windham was John 
Swett. He came from Newbury port, Mass. He was married 
and had a family, previous to his settlement here. He was a 



GENEALOGY 547 

farmer and lived in the central part of the town. His wife's 
name was Sarah. He died Apr. 24, 1800, and she died Jan. 9, 
1810, aged 92 years. Their children appear on the town records 
as follows: 

1. Sarah, born ]\Iar. 9, 1755, in Newburyport. 

2. John, born Apr. 10, 1757, in Newburyport. 

3. Samuel, born June 8, 1759. in Newburyport. 

4. Joseph, born May 12, 1762, in Newburyport. 

5. Moses, born Aug. 12, 1764, in Newburyport. 

6. Curtice, born Aug. 12, 1766, in Windham. 

7. Miriam, born Feb. 14, 1768, in Windham ; married. Mar. 
13, 1803, Nathan Goold of Windham; died Feb. 15, 1805. 

Samuel, son of John and Sarah Swett. married, probably, in 
1793, Kebecca Drew of New Hampshire. 

John, son of John and Sarah Swett, was a Revolutionary 
soldier. He served for three years and six months, in Capt. 
Richard Mayberry's Co.. Col. Benjamin Tupper's Regt. He 
was at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-8, took part in all the 
campaigns of the regiment, and was honorably discharged at the 
close of the War. He returned to Windham, where he spent 
the remainder of his days. He married. Mar. 27, 1803, ^lary, 
daughter of Elijah and Rebecca (Locke) Hunnewell of Wind- 
ham. She was born Nov. 27, 1779, and died May 5. 1863; was 
the last of the Revolutionary pensioners in Windham. He died 
Mar. 23, 1845. Their children: 

1. John, born July 12, 1804, died Jan. 18, 1806. 

2. Caroline, born Nov. 13, 1807, died Nov. 29, 1811. 

3. John, born Aug. 31, 1809, died Dec. 4, 1811. 

4. Mary A., born Dec. 12, 1810, died Dec. 3, 1811. 

5. Emily, born Sept. 21, 1812; died June 18, 1848; un- 
married. 

6. Mary Ann, born Dec. 25, 1815; died :\lar. 22. 1888; un- 
married. 

7. Nathaniel, born May 29, 1818. 

8. William C, born July , 1822; died Mar. 31, 1883; 

unmarried. 

Curtice, son of John and Sarah Swett, married. Sept. 17, 
1797, Loraine, daughter of David and Sarah (Davis) Purinton 
of W^indham. He was a well-to-do farmer and settled near his 



548 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

father. We do not know the date of his death, but his wife 
Loraine, died July 26, 1873, aged 98 years. Children: 

1. David, born Dec. 3. 1797, died Aug. 9, 1801. 

2. Mary R., born Aug. 28, 1799. 

3. Anna, born June 15. 1801. 

4. Phebe P., born Apr. 9, 1803. 

5. Miriam, born June 6, 1805. 

6. Luey H., born July 7, 1807. 

7. David, born July 17, 1809. 

8. John, born Feb. 9, 1814. 

9. Sarah, born May 8, 1819. 

David, son of Curtice and Loraine (Purinton) Swett, mar- 
ried Loann Sturges. He was a farmer and owned the farm 
that, after his death, became the property of J. J. Bodge. He 
died Oct. 1, 1847, aged 37 years. We have no connected record 
of his children. He had a son. Albion, who died Mar. 6, 1855, 
aged 17 years, 9 months ; and the recent popular Town Clerk 
of Windham, John N. Swett, is his son. Mrs. Loann Swett mar- 
ried for her second husband. May 1, 1874, Joshua Tukey of 
Windham, and died Aug. 29, 1899, aged 85 years, 7 months, 18 
days. She was born in Gorham, Me. 

TRICKEY 

The earliest known ancestor of this family was Francis 
Trickey. who was at Kittery. Me., before 1659. He had a wife, 
whose name was Sarah and a son, John. He died before Apr. 
11, 1682, as, oti that date, an inventory of his estate was made, 
the amount of which was £99, 7 shillings. The inventory may 
be found in the York Deeds, Book 5, part 1, page 7. 

Thomas Trickey had land granted him at Kittery before 
1675, and was living there in 1707. Zebulon Trickey was at 
Kittery in 1725, and his wife's name was Eleanor; but whether 
he was a son of Thomas or not, we cannot say. He came to Fal- 
mouth (now Portland), in 1735, where his son, Zebulon, Jr., was 
born, July 26. 1736. Tradition says that he had another son, 
named David. 

Zebulon Trickey, Jr., married, Aug. 10, 1758, Rebecca, 
daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Sawyer) Skillings. She was 
born June 15. 1734. Their children were as follows: 





GENEALOGY 


1. 


Eleanor. 


2. 


Rebecca. 


3. 


Mary. 


4. 


Zebulon, 3d. 


5. 


John. 


6. 
7. 


Lucy, ) ^ . 
Susannah,^ 


8. 


Eunice. 



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Zebulon, 3d, son of Zebulon, Jr., and Rebecca (Skillings) 
Trickey, was born Feb. 7, 1767 ; married, Dee. 15, 1799, Lucy 
Skillings. He died Aug. 23, 1847, and she died Mar. 28, 1863. 
Their children were: 

1. Rebecca. 

2. Samuel. 

3. John. 

4. James. 

5. Edmund. 

6. Robert. 

7. Lucy. 

John Trickey, son of Zebulon, Jr., and Rebecca (Skillings) 
Trickey, was born Mar. 24. 1769; married, Dec. 31, 1798, Mary, 
daughter of Peter White, who lived at White's Bridge. They 
moved to Great Falls, Windham side of the Presumpscot River, 
where he built the house afterwards owned and occupied by 
John White. There he died, Apr. 5, 1811, aged 42 years. His 
wife was born Nov. 11, 1776, and died July 14, 1817, aged 40 
years. They had five children: 

1. Zebulon, born Oct. 22, 1799, died Oct. 16, 1800. 

2. Zebulon, born Oct. 9, 1801, lived in Standish. 

3. Peter, born Jan. 31, 1804. 

4. Otis, born Feb. 3, 1807, lived in Westbrook. 

5. Mark, born Sept. 16, 1809. 

Peter, son of John and Mary (White) Trickey, married. May 
20, 1834, Harriet H., daughter of Ezekiel and Mary (Plummer) 
Hanson of Windham. She was born Feb. 10, 1814; died Oct. 
5, 1889, aged 75 years. He died Apr. 25, 1892, aged 88 years. 
They lived many years at Great Falls, where Mr. Trickey was 
engaged in the lumber business. In this he gained a competence 
on which he retired in his old age. He was a man of sterling 



550 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

character and had the confidence and respect of his fellow towns- 
men in a marked degree. Had children : 

1. Albert. 

2. Edward. 

3. George. 

4. Albert F. 

5. John. 

6. Otis, lived in his father's house at Great Falls, Windham ; 
and died there, July 20, 1907, aged 58 years; left children. 

7. Charles. 

8. Peter. He owns and occupies the old Pope farm. Has 
children. 

WEBB 

The ancestor of the Webb family in Windham and vicinity 
was Samuel Webb. A full account of him is given in Chapter 
II. By his first wife, he had two sons, Samuel and Thomas, who 
did not settle in Windham. 

His children by his second wife were as follows : 

1. David, born July 1, 1727, in Tiverton, R. I. 

2. Ezekiel, was a master mariner ; m. on Cape Cod. 

3. John, born 1731. 

4. Seth. 

5. Susanna. 

6. Eli, born Nov. 7, 1737. 

7. James, baptized Jan. 27, 1745, in Windham. 

8. Josiah, baptized Jan. 27, 1745, d. Nov. 3, 1749. 

9. Abigail, d. when about 5 years old. 

10. Elizabeth, baptized June 15, 1744, in Windham. 

David, son of Samuel and Bethia (Spear) Webb, married, 
Nov. 16, 1749, Dorothy Peabody, daughter of Francis Peabody 
of Middleton, i\Iass. He came with his parents to New ]\Iarble- 
head (now Windham), and his is the fourth marriage recorded 
on the church book. It was solemnized by Rev. John Wight, 
first minister of Windham. She was born Mar. 27, 1720, and 
was, therefore, about seven years older than her husband. 
They settled, first, in Windham ; but, on Jan. 5, 1756, he bought 
of David Gorham of Barnstable, "one hundred acres of land 
in Gorhamtown." This land was near the Westbrook line, and 



GENEALOGY 551 

here he died, as it is supposed. He was living on Aug. 23, 1764. 
They had four children: 

1. Dorothy, born Sept., 1750, bapt. Dec. 23, 1750, in Wind- 
ham. 

2. David, born Jan. 31, 1752. bapt. Apr. 5, 1752, in Wind- 
ham. 

3. Jonathan, born Nov. 25, 1756, in Gorham. 

4. Bethia, born , 1758 ; m. Prince Hamblen, Mar. 22, 

1781. 

John, son of Samuel and Bethia (Spear) Webb, married, in 
1753, Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin and Amy (Pride) Lar- 
rabee. They settled on a farm near "Pride's Bridge" (now 
Riverton). where their farm buildings, in a dilapidated con- 
dition, stood on the westerly side of the Bridgton Road, since 
the writer's recollection. Mrs. Webb died in 1827. The date of 
his death I have not ascertained. They had children, as follows : 

1. John, Jr., born May 19, 1754. 

2. Anna. 

3. Betsey. 

4. Abigail, m. Ebenezer Cross of Portland. 

5. Mary, m. Green Hannaford of Cape Elizabeth. 

6. William, m. Moody; was a sea captain. 

7. Susan. 

There were also two sons, Benjamin, who was married, l)ut 
left no children; he lived on the ancestral farm; and Thomas, 
who died unmarried. 

Ezekiel, son of Samuel and Bethia (Spear) Webb, was mar-^ 
ried and left one daughter. He was a master mariner, and lived 
on Cape Cod, but I am not able to give any further facts in 
regard to him. 

Seth, son of Samuel and Bethia (Spear) Webb, married, 

Nov. , 1759, Hannah, daughter of Ephraim and Mehitable 

(Cutter) Winship. On Sept. 21, 1750, he was taken captive 
by the Indians on his father's farm (Home Lot No. 23). Prom 
a letter written by Capt, Thomas Chute to Col. or Maj. Freeman 
of Falmouth, it appears that Mr. Webb and his son, Seth, were 
engaged in building fence, and, having finished their work and 
returned to the house, they discovered that they had left the 



552 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

axe in the woods. ]\Ir. Webb sent his son to get it, and, while 
searching for the missing implement, the Indians came upon 
him suddenly and took him prisoner. The Indians carried him 
to Canada, where he remained for more than a year. I am well 
aware that the story of Seth Webb has been severely criticised, 
certain parties going so far as to assert that he never was cap- 
tured at all, while others have it that he was released in the 
course of a few days and came home. But, in the ]\Iass. Ar- 
chives, Vol. 64, Page 57, is to be seen the official record of Capt. 
Phineas Stevens, a Commissioner appointed by the General 
Court, to negotiate the release of captives held by the French 
and Indians, in Canada. We learn positively from this record 
that Seth Webb and Joseph Noble were at that date, (Feb. 1, 
1752) prisoners among the Indians at St. Francois, and that 
their captors then refused to give them up. In June, 1752, the 
Indians decided to deliver them to Capt. Stevens, which they 
accordingly did, — hence, in fact, it was nearly two years before 
he was finally set at liberty. He was an inmate of Mayberry's 
garrison, in the last Indian w^ar ; and, on that eventful May 14, 
1756, he was one of the brave band who sallied out and pursued 
the enemy. It is a well-known fact that he mortally wounded 
one of their number. 

In 1766, he removed with his family to Deer Isle, Me., and 
died there, but the date of his death I have never learned. The 
W^ebb family lecords, state that his family consisted of two 
sons and six daughters, but one of whom appears to have been 
born in W^indliam. On the churcli book, I find the record of the 
baptism of Hannah, daughter of Seth and Hannah Webb, on 
Mar. 20, 1763. It is said that several of their descendants still 
reside at Deer Isle. 

Eli, son of Samuel and Bethia (Spear) Webb, married, Apr. 
20, 1760, Sarah Cloutman. daughter of Edward and Anna (Col- 
lins) Cloutman. She Avas born in Gorham, Feb. 5, 1742. He 
was a farmer and lived in Gorham near Gambo, where he ow^ned 
a large tract of land including the water power, now owned by 
the Dupont Co. His house is the same recently owned by Alonzo 
Libby, at Pleasant Ridge. Eli Webb was a soldier in the French 
and Indian wars. He also served a short time in the Revolution. 



GENEALOGY 553 

He died in Goiham, Oct. 26, 1826, aged 89. His wife died Feb. 
28, 1826, aged 84. They had children, as follows: 

1. Edward, born Dec. 24, 1760. 

2. Sally, m. Nathaniel Knight, Feb. 24, 1787. 

3. Ann, born ]Mar. 10. 1763 ; m., first, William Bolton, Jan. 
5, 1786; second, William Libby, .Alar. 30, 1797. 

4. Lorana, born Jan. 14, 1766; m. James Pray, Sept. 10, 
1790. 

5. Mary, born ]\Iay 30. 1768; m. John Dam of Freeport, 
(intention entered Apr. 16. 1792). 

6. James, born Sept. 20, 1770, d. in the West Indies. 

7. Ezekiel, born Feb. 25, 1773; m. Sarah McDonald, (in- 
tention entered Mar. 17, 1797) ; lived in Brownfield. 

8. Abraham, born Sept. 1, 1775; m. Lydia Waterhonse of 
Standish, (intention entered May 11, 1797). 

9. Seth, born May 13. 1778; m. Polly Clements, Feb. 15, 
1801. 

10. Rachel, born July 2, 1781; m. James McDonald, Jan. 
20, 1803. 

Susannah, daughter of Samuel and Bethia (Spear) Webb, 

married, Dec. , 1753, AVilliam ^laxfield of WMndham; 

lived in that town. Children of said Maxfield : 

1. A son, not named, born May 2, 1754. 

2. Elizabeth, baptized :\Iay 12, 1755, by Rev. P. T. Smith. 

3. Daniel, baptized Dec. 24, 1769, by Rev. Peter T. Smith.— 
who says, in a foot note, that ]\Irs. Susannah Maxfield had died 
previous to this; and it appears that her husband married ^liss 
^lary Wescott, then of Windham. 

Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Bethia (Spear) W^ebb, 
married, A])r. 1. 1767. Jonathan Roberts, then "of Windham." 
The family tradition it, that she had five sons and four daugh-. 
ters; also that they moved to Buckfield, Me., but, at what time, 
I am unable to say. By a reference to the town records we find 
[hat Jonathan Roberts and his wife, Elizabeth, had one child 
born in Windham : 

1. Samuel, born Feb. 5, 1789. 

ejo'nathan. son of David and Dorothy (Peabody) Webb, mar- 
ried, ^lar. 4, 1781, Mary Coverly. He was, for many years, a 
successful lumberman at old Saccarappa, in which business he 



554 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

amassed a large fortune ; he also kept a public house in the vil- 
la{2:e, in the same building recently known as the "■ Presumpscot 
House." Had five children: 

1. Joshua, born Jan. 12, 1782; married, Quinby; 

was a lumberman. He erected for his ])rivate residence the 
large brick house, now used as a boarding house by the West- 
brook Manufacturing Co. It is said that one of his sons was 
recently living in Lowell, ^Nlass. 

2. ^lary, born Sept. 26, 1784; married Samuel Deane Pike, 
born in Windham. Apr. 18, 1777. He was the son of Col. Tim- 
othy and Elizabeth (Jones) Pike. Slie was the mother of Sam- 
uel G. Pike of Calais, ]Me. ; and, in the division of her father's 
estate, the well known "Pike field," now called "Scotch Hill," 
fell to hei- share. 

3. David, born Nov. 30, 1786, married Jane Bailey. She 
died in 1848, and is buried at Saccarappa. The date and place 
of his death are both unknown. 

4. Elizabeth, born Jan. 21. 1701; married Capt. Henry 
Babb of Saccara])pa. 

5. Dorothy, l)orn Nov. 9, 1800; married Col. George Small 
of Westbrook. Slie died in Deering, .Me., aged 95 years. 

.Airs. :\Iary (Coverly) W^ebb died Dec. 20. 1803, and .Mr. 
Webb, married for his second wife Susannah, one of the twelve 
daughters of Capt. John Smith of Stoughton, ^lass. By her it 
is said he had two daughtei's, but of them I am not informed. 
Jonathan Webb died Apr. 8. 1810, and he and his wife, Mary, 
are buried in the old "Conant" yard at W^estbrook. His head- 
stone bears the following quaint epitaph : 

' ' Jesus, I give my spirit up and trust it in thy hand, 
My dying flesh shall rest in hope and rise at thy command, 
Now" I renounce my carnal hope, my fond desires recall, 
I give my worldly interests up and make my GOD my all." 

On that of his wife may be seen the following : 

"Remember me as you pass by, 
As you are now so once was I, 
As I am now soon you must be, 
Prepare to die and follow me." 



GENEALOGY 000 

John, Jr., son of John and Elizabeth (Larrabee) Webb, mar- 
ried, in 1777, Sarah Leighton. He was a farmer and settled 
near the Duck Pond, in Westbrook. This farm he gave to his 
son-in-law, Charles Jameson, who had married two of his daugh- 
ters, and it still remains in the family. His children were as 
follows : 

1. Dorothy, m. Andrew Hunnewell of Durham, Me. 

2. Elizabeth, m. Brackett Sawyer. 

3. Abigail, m. John Lord of Falmouth. 

4. Seth, settled in Penobscot Co. ; left descendants. 

5. Lucy, m. James Lord of North Yarmouth. 

6. Eunice, m. William Tobin of Durham. 

7. Bethany (or Bethia), was the 2d wife of Chas. Jameson. 

8. Phebe, m. Simeon Libby of Richmond, Me. 

9. Ruth, was the 1st wife of Charles Jameson. 
10. IMary, died unmarried. 

Edward, son of Eli and Sarah (Cloutman) Webb, married 
]\Iay 10, 1787, Sarah, daughter of William and Rachel (Haskell) 
Bolton of Gorham. He served in Capt. Benjamin Walcott's 
Co., Colonel Thomas Marshall's Regiment, in the Revolution. 
He spent that terrible winter of 1777 and 8, in the huts of ' ' Val- 
ley Forge. ' ' fought at ]\Ionmouth and at Saratoga ; witnessed the 
surrender of Burgoyne and was honorably discharged after a 
service of about three years. He settled on a part of his father 's 
farm, it being the same afterwards owned by his son Thomas; 
now owned by Orrin Leavitt. He was a pensioner and died on 
his farm, Nov. 18, 1846. His wife, Sarah, died Aug. 28, 1850, 
aged 89. Children : 

1. William, born June 16, 1788. 

2. Lydia. born Jan. 1, 1790; d. Aug. 11, 1877; unmarried. 

3. Ann, born Nov. 14, 1791; m. Livy Buker, (intention 
entered Sept. 24, 1814). 

4. Eli, born June 30, 1793 ; m. ^Mary Cobby, Jan. 30, 1820; 
died in Portland. They were the parents of Judge Nathan Webb 
of Portland. 

5. :\Iary, born July 25, 1795, m. Rufus Morrill, Dec. 24, 
1820. They were the parents of Ex-Gov. Morrill of Kansas. 

6. Rachel, born Feb. 14, 1797, died aged 21. 



556 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

7. James, born ^Nlar. 7. 1798; in. Clariss Kennev; settled in 
Bridgton, Me. 

8. Thomas, born Jan. 14, 1800, married Eliza Ann May- 
berry of Caseo. He lived, at first, on his father's farm, after- 
wards, went to Piscataquis Co., where he remained several years. 
He is said to hsve returned and died in Caseo, ]Me. Had several 
daughters, but no sons. 

9. Solomon, born Oct. 30, 1801, m. Mary W. Ryerson of 
Portland. Jan. 18, 1827. 

10. Sarah B.. born Jan. 16, 1803; m. Rufus Morrill Feb. 21, 
1836. She was his second wife. 

Seth, son of Eli and Sarah (Cloutman) Webb, married Polly 
Clements, but of her parentage, we are not informed. He lived 
on the home place until 1826, when he moved to Belfast. He 
died in Knox, aged 86. The date of his wife's death, we have not 
learned. Had children, as follows: 

1. Child bcrn in 1802, died in 1801. 

2. Samuel A., born Sept. 12, 1803, died in Knox. 

3. Mary, born Dee. 12, 1806; m. Clement Wescott, in 1828. 

4. Sophronia L.. born Sept. 29, 1811, m. Emerson. 

5. Jeremiah, born Dec. 31, 1816, went to Belfast. 

6. Amelia Ann, born Apr. 28, 1817. 

7. Horace, died Sept. 13, 1828. 

William, son of Edward and Rachel (Bolton) Webb, married 
Ann, daughter of Thomas and Hannah (Crockett) Bolton, Apr. 
29, 1821. He lived near his father and died Oct. 5, 1841, aged 
53. His wife died Jan. 29, 1871, aged 80. Children: 

1. Emeline, born Apr. 17, 1823, m. Daniel Woodbury, 

2. Sewell. born Sept. 30, 1825; m. Adeline S. Cook; died 
Aug. 4, 1900. 

3. Lester, born Oct. 11, 1828, m. :\lrs. Mary Nason. of Ban- 
gor. 

4. Mary W., born July 9, 1834 ; d. Feb. 19, 1859 ; unmarried. 

James, son of Samuel and Bethia (Spear) Webb, married, 
Oct. 19, 1762, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth 
(Dennis) ^layberry of Windham. They were married by Rev. 
Peter Thacher Smith, and theirs is the first marriage recorded 
after the incornoration of Windham as a town. I can find no 



GENEALOGY DO i 

record of his ])ii-th. but the church book states that he was bap- 
tized by Rev. John Wight, Jan. 27, 1745. He was a farmer and 
purchased one-half of Lot No. 16, in the tirst division of hundred- 
acre lots in town. This farm is now (19G5) owned by his great- 
granddaughter, Mrs. Matthew Johnson, and it has never yet been 
owned out of the family. He died in 1767, while yet a young 
man. Had three children: 

1. John, baptized July 24, 1763, d. in infancy. 

2. Josiah, baptized ]\Iay 10, 1765. 

3. Elizabeth, baptized Oct. 23, 1767. 

Rev. ]\Ir. Smith here remarks that Mi'. AVeljb had died a few 
months before this child w^as baptized. ^Irs. Webb, contracted a 
second marriage with Stephen Hutchinson, on July 11, 1776, and 
by him had two children, Sally and Charity, both of whom mar- 
ried men named Fogg. No record of hei' deatli is known to exist, 
but she lived to be quite aged. 

Josiah, son of James and Elizabeth (^layberry) Webb, ac- 
cording to the family record, was born May 12. 1765. The 
cliurch record has it that he was bai)tized the tenth of that 
month. He married Rebecca, daughter of William and ]\Iary 
(Akers) 'Elder, ]May 15, 1788. She was born Aug. 27. 1764. and 
died Oct. 6, 1838. He died Sept. 8, 1849. He and his wife are 
both buried in the Bi'own Cemetery near Little Falls Village, and 
the inscription on his headstone gives his age as 84 years. He 
inherited his father's farm and lived and died there. He was 
a man of fine natural qualities of mind, and was called by his 
neighbors "Judge Webb," on account of his sound judgment and 
well-known integrity of character. Had children, as follows: 

1. James, born Feb. 25, 1789. 

2. William, born Feb. 5, 1791. 

3. Mary, born Dec. 29, 1792; d. Oct. 25, 1857; unmarried. 

4. Stephen, born Nov. 25. 1791. 

5. Josiah, born Jan. 9. 1797. 

6. John, born July 17, 1799. 

7. Eliza, born Sept. 26, 1801. 

James, son of Josiah and Rebecca (Elder) W^ebb, married 
Apr. 1812, Pamelia, daughter of Dr. James Paine. He 



558 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

was a farmer ; settled in Casco, ]\Ie. ; died there several years ago. 
Their children were as follows : 

1. Pamelia, married Robert ^layberry of Windham. 

2. Mary E., married Dr. Daniels. 

3. Jason, married ]\Irs. Lovina Boody-Harding. 

4. Josiah, married Maria Witham. 

5. Sarah, died young. • 

6. William, died young. 

7. Rebecca, died young. 

8. Sarah, married Silas Morton. 

9. James, married Dorcas Nutting. 

10. Seth, died young. 

11. Stephen, died young. 

AVilliam, son of Josiah and Rebecca (Elder) Webb, married 
Mehitable Mayberry. He was a farmer ; settled in Casco, and 
died there. Children : 

1. Rebecca, died young. 

2. Richard ^I., married Dorcas AVinslow. 

3. Stephen, died young. 

Stephen, son of Josiah and Rebecca (Elder) Webb, married, 
Dec. 29, 1822, Tabitha, daughter of Noah and Mary (Robinson) 
Read, of Windham. He was much in public life, and often oc- 
cupied places of trust in town. He w^as Selectman in 182-1, 1825, 
and 1829 ; and represented the town in the State Legislature in 
1827, and again in 1828. He was probably the best school 
teacher Windham ever had, and his best w^ork was done in the 
interest of the common schools of his native town. He served 
many years as one of the Superintending School Committee, and 
his very presence in the schoolroom would inspire the pupils with 
confidence in themselves, and a desire to do their very best, in 
order to gain Air. Webb's approbation. In religious belief, he 
w^as a Friend, and died, an honored member of that society. 
He owned and cultivated a large farm, in the "Quaker Neighbor- 
hood," so called, and here he died Feb. 9, 1872, aged 77. His 
wife. Tabitha, died at the same place, July 1, 1887, aged 83. 
They are buried in the Friends' burial ground, near the meeting- 
house, in Windham. They had fourteen children: 

1. xVlbert. born Feb. 28, 1823. 

2. John M., born June 29, 1824. 



GENE.VLOGY 559 

3. Josiah B., bom Jan. 19, 1826. 

4. Caroline, bora Sept. 26, 1827; d. Aug. 4, 1845; un- 
married. 

5. Noah R., bom May 16, 1829, d. Aug. 1, 1839. 

6. Mary J., bora :\Iar. 7, 1831. 

7. Nathan, bora Jan. 14, 1833. d. Jan. 28, 1868. 

8. Eliza, bora Sept. 3, 1834, m. Alphonso Senter. 

9. Stephen H., bora Jan. 25, 1836. 

10. William B., bora Jan. 25, 1838; went to California; died 
there. 

11. Noah, born Sept. 19, 1839; d. Dec. 18. 187U ; unmarried. 

12. Benjamin R., born Sept. 13, 1841. 

13. Emma, born Oct. 16, 1845. 

14. ^laria. bora Aug. 5, 1841; m. Samuel V. Haskell; died 
Oct. 12. 1898. 

Josiah. son of Josiah and Rebecca (Elder) Webli, married, 
Oct. 31, 1841. Caroline, daughter of Francis and Susannah 
(Stuart) ^la.yberry of Caseo, ]Me. He was a farmer, and lived 
on the ancestral acres on the River Road. He was a person of 
quiet habits, a good neighbor, and an honest man. He died at 
his home, Sept. 1, 1870. His wife, Caroline, died Dec. 25, 1900, 
aged 90 years, 7 months, 24 days. They are buried in the Brown 
Cemetery. Had three children : 

1. .Marshall .M., born Aug. 24. 1842; d. May 24, 1905; un- 
married. 

2. Rebecca E.. born Sept. 18. 1847; m. ^latthew Johnson of 
Gorham ; lives in that town ; no children. 

3. Jordan, born June 1, 1852, d. Sept. 16, 1870. 

John, son of Josiah and Rebecca (Elder) Webb, married 
]Martha ^laria Ma.vberry, (intention entered on the Windliam 
Records, Feb. 13, 1828). She was the daughter of Edward and 
^lary (Johnson) ^layberrv of Raymond, now Casco. He was a 
man of sound judgment and well versed in public affairs. He 
kept a grocery store for a few years at ancient "Horse Beef, — 
was a fine school teacher, a land surveyor and justice of the 
peace, in which he did a large amount of business. He w^as one 
of the Selectmen in 1838. He represented Windham in the Leg- 
islature in 1834 and 1835; also, he was one of Gov. John Fair- 
field's ('ouncil, in 1839. He settled on Lot No. 17, in the first 



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560 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

division of hundred-aero lots in Windham, on the easterly side 
of the River Road. There, in 184:o. he erected the larg^e two- 
story house still standing, and he died there Sept. 23, 1877. 
His wife. :\[artha M., was horn Jan. 8, 1808, and died May 22, 
188 — . They arc l>ui'icd in the Brown Cemetery. Had ten 
children, as follows: 

1. Rebecca E., born Apr. 6, 182!); d. Sept. , 1848: 

unmarried. 

2. Mary A., born Aug. 22, 18ol : in.. Nov. 25, 1855. Lorenzo 
T. Chase, and died Nov. 27. 1885. Two children. 

3. Edward ]M.. born Sept. 11, 1833: was drowned in the 
Cumberland and Oxford Canal, July 11. 1852. 

4. Alice A., ])()rn Se])t. 12, 1835; m. Charles E. Emery; 
died Jan. 28, 1874; had one child, that died young. 

5. ^lartha ^I.. l)oi'n Jan. 1, 1838; m. Jolni J. Boilge ; died 
June 8, 1900; had four children. 

H. John P., boi-n Dec. 8, 1839 ; was a deaf mute; m. Harriet 
AVliitne.v of Gray. He was accidentally killed b.y a ^le. Cent. 
Rail Road train, Aug. 5, 1900; left a wife and children. 

7. Annie p]., born Mar. 7. 1842, v.\. John Irwin. She was 
a deaf mute; died Jan. 19. 1903); had one son, who died when a 
young man. 

8. Moses L., Ijoni Jul.v . 1844. died Jul.v , 

1846. 

9. Elizal)cth (or Susie Elizal)eth), l)orn 1815, died 

1847. 

10. Lindlcy ^1., born Alar. 7, 1847, m. Clara Cobb of (Ira.v. 
Ale. He is a lawyer; lives in I*ortland ; has children. 

Albert, son of Stephen and Talntha (Read) Webb, was a 
merchant, first at South Windham ; went to Portland, where ho 
was a wholesale grocer for many years; married Elizabeth Chad- 
bourne of York Co. He died in Windham, Alar. 7, 1900. Had 
no children. 

Josiah B., son of Stephen and Tabitha (Read) AVebb. was a 
school teacher; for many years Principal of Gorhain Seminary; 
removed to Deering, whei-e he died, Alay 20, 1899. He married 
Sarah A., daughter of Daniel and Betsey (Hawkes) Lowell of 
AA'indham. They had two children, whose names were, 1 think. 
Horace and Olivei'. 



GENEALOGY 561 

John M., son of Stephen and Tabitha (Read) Webb, married 
Hannah, daughter of Francis and Susannah (Stuart) ]\Iayberry 
of C'aseo. He was a farmer, l)uteher and lumberman; settled, 
first, on a farm on the Gray Road, near Little Falls; afterwards 
moved to. the Village (on Gorham side), where he erected a 
dwelling house and barn ; died there, Sept. 20, 18')(). They had 
children as follows: 

1. Ellen, m. Charles Hall. 

2. Lucius, d. :\Iarch, 1888. 

8. Carrie, m. Daniel Tukey. 

4. Lida. 

5. Rufus. m. ^lary Jordan; lives in Yarmouth. He is a 
dealer in lur.iber; has three childien, Charles R.. George R., and 
Lida. 

Sewell, son of William and Hannah (Bolton) Webb, married. 
Sept. 5, 1850, Adeline S. Cook. He was a farmer and lived at 
Pleasant Ridge; died there. Aug. 4, 1800. Had two children, 
Frank and Sumner. 

Eliza, daughter of Josiah and Rebecca (Elder) Webb, mar- 
ried, in Nov., 1827, the son of Paul and Polly (Osgood) Little of 
Windham. He was a gi-ocer at Little Falls, and died there, Sept. 
14. 1843, aged 42 years, 5 months. His wife died Apr. 5, 1886. 
Had five children : 

1. ^lary E., born Sept. 2, 1828 ; d. Sept. 14, 1851 ; unmarried. 

2. Paul, born June 8, 1830, m. Rhoda ^^lanchester. He was 
a member of Co. H, 17th ^le. Volunteer Infantry; was severely 
wounded at Chancellorsville, and died in a lios])ital, July 24 
1863. Had several children. 

3. Josiah, born ]\Iar. 1, 1833; m. Cynthia Whipple of north- 
ern New Hampshire ; was a shoe makei- ; died several years ago. 
Had children. 

4. William, born Mar. 27, 1834; went to Lynn, ]^!ass., where 
he married Susan Lucy Brimblecom. He disa])peared during 
the Civil War. 

5. James W., born June 4. 1840. He married Louise ^1., 
daughter of Joseph Wight. He served in the Civil War, as a 
member of Co. F, 11th ^le. Regt. ; promoted to Sergeant ; wounded 
at Fair Oaks. He now (1905) lives on his father's place at Little 
Falls. Has thiee children. 



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APPENDIX I. 

ADDITIONAL GENEALOGIES 



ADJUTANT 

John Francis Adjutant, son of George W. and Lydia (Dorr) 
Adjutant, was born at Ossippee, N. H., Aug. 26, 1832 ; died Nov. 
15, 1900, at Brownfield, Me. He married, Apr. 6, 1853, at Bidde- 
ford, ]\Ie.. Sarah Ann, daughter of Cushnian and Eliza (Brown) 
Thurston, born at Eaton, N. H., Mar. 3, 1835. She died Feb. 14, 
1881, at So. Windham. They moved to Windham, Apr. 19, 187-4. 
To them were born : 

Elias Franklin, ^lar. 24, 1856. 

Nellie Eliza, June 14, 1859. 

George Plummer, Aug. 15. 1860. 

Sarah Caroline, Aug. 10. 1862; d. June 2, 1913. 

He married for his second wife Sarah E. Day of Brownfield, 
Nov. 6, 1881. Franklin married P^tta E.* Hanson of Windham, 
Sept. 24. ISlii. She died Nov. 11, 1887. He married Susanna 
Nelson of St. John, N. B., Jan. 26, 1 888. By his first wife he had : 

.Mabel L., born June 22, 1877 ; married Alton Libby of Wind- 
ham, Oct. 20, 1895. To them were born Everett. June 17, 1898; 
Etta, Aug. 26, 1904. 

Lottie A., l)orn Dec. 7, 1880; married Norris Libby of Wind- 
ham. Oct. 5, 1907. 

Frank W., born June 14. 1883; married Grace McCorey of 
Gray. June 10, 1911. 

Nellie married Herbert (lay of Windham, June 17, 1877. 
She married, second, Charles W. Bailey, :\I.D., Apr. 2, 1890. He 
died Feb. 11, 1907. at Naples. She married, third, Charles E. 
Plummer of Machias, :\Ie., :\Iar. 30, 1908. 

Children by first husband : 

Howard J., bora Aug. 26. 1878; died ^lar. 8, 1881. 

Ella, born Sept. 6, 1880. 

Chester H., born June 15, 1882; died Apr. 24. 1903. 



APPENDIX I. ADDITIONAL GENEALOGIES 563 

Frank R., born ^lar. 17. 1881; married Lillian R. Gilpatrick 
of AVestbrook, Jan. 26, 1913 ; born to them, :\Iarion, July 10. 1913. 

Children by second husband: 

Charles W., Jr., b. May 22. 1892; married Gertrude L. Web- 
ster of West Acton, Mass., Nov. 28, 1912. 

George, mari-ied Annie F. W^ade of Dungarvan. Ireland, Apr. 
23, 1881. Child: 

George A., born Aug. 20, 1881. 
Sarah Caroline, married Owen E. Patterson of Alfred. May 
30, 1881. Children: 

Byron H., l)orn Apr. 20, 1892; married Vera ^I. Sim- 
mons of Biddeford, June 1, 1911 ; died Oct. 2. 1911. 

All the family live in W^indham except ]Mrs. Patterson, who 
lives in Biddeford. 

AIKIXS 

James Edward Aikins was born in Aylmer, Province of On- 
tario, Aug. 23. 1855. He attended Oberlin College in 1880-82; 
graduated from Bangor Theological Seminary in 1885. His his- 
tory as a pastor is given in the chapter on "Ecclesiastical" sub- 
jects. 

He married Cora Ellen, daughter of Rev. E. A. Harlow, Oct. 
19, 1886. Children: Ellen M.. William E., Frederick H.. AValtcr 
B., Lincoln J.. Emil.v P., Nelson B., and Alice D. 

ATHERTOX 

Charles H. and Frank D. Atherton, children of Hcnrv and 
Betsy (Strout) Atherton, were born in Lawrence, Kansas. They 
came from Colorado to Windham to settle in Nov.. 1886. 

Charles married in Windham. Feb. 17, 1878, Fannie L. Jordan 
of that town. Children : 

1. Guy C., b. Apr. 2. 1879; m., Oct. 7, 1912, E. Louise Lord 
of AVells. 

2. Olive Idolyn. b. June 11, 1880; m.. Sept. 29, 1903, Fred 
D. Alorrill of No. Yarmouth. 

3. Bessie J., b. June 19. 1881 ; m., Sept. Ki. 1906, AVinfield 
L. Turtlott of Cherrvfield. 



564 WINDHAM IX THE PAST 

Frank D. Atherton married, Auji:. 6. 1882, Lueinda S. Lamb 
of Windham. Children : 

1. Clifford X., b. Apr. 1-3. 188G; m. Apr. 7, 1909, Elsie L. 
Skillins of Windliam. Tlieir children are Doris M., Lois G.. 
and another daughter. 

2. George AA^, b. Aug. 13, 1891, m.. Dec. 3. 1912. Geneva 
Fogg of Harrison. They have one daughter, Harriet E. 

3. Charles P., b. Nov. 30, 1893; m.. :\Iay 21, 1914, Annie 
Burns of Waterville. 

4. Flora L.. b. Jan. 14, 1898. 

5. Eliza H.. b. Sept. 6, 1903. 

CHAFFIN 

Orin Chaffin moved from Littleton, Mass., to Windham, about 
1828 or 1829. He married Dorothy Green at Standish, in 1824. 
Children: Susan. Robert, Anna. John, Frances, Smith G., and 
Orin P. 

Orin P. Chaffin was born at No. Windham, July 4, 1836. 
His first wife was "Slavy G. ^Manchester, by whom he had three 
children. Frank, Walter, and Henry. ^Irs. ^lary (^Manchester) 
Chaffin died at No. Windliam. In 1874, Mr. Chaffin married 
Emma A. J. Heath of Gorhani. By her he had four children, 
as follows : 

1. LaForest. lives in California. 

2. Gerald. 

3. Winnie. 

4. Angela, works in Boston. 

Mrs. Chaffin died several years ago. ^Ir. Chaffin now resides 
at No. Windham. 

FIELD 

The ancestoi' of the Windham Fields was William, Avho was 
born in Falmouth. 3Iay 9, 1763. He married Anna, daughter of 
Stephen ^lanchester, ^lar. 24, 1785. He cleared a farm in what 
has been known as the Ireland District. Children: Reuben, 
Lucy, Elias. Peter, Jane, William, Daniel, ]Mary A., Ebenezer 
(1st), Isabelle, Mcintosh, Barbara, Ebenezer (2d). 

Ebenezer Field (2d) married Catherine Elder, June 11. 
1837. Children: 



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APPENDIX I. ADDITIOXAL GENEALOGIES 565 

1. Emeline "SL, b. Mar. 20, 1838 ; d. Mar., 1900. 

2. William Wallace, b. Feb. 21, 1810; m. Emily D. Lamb 
of Windham ; children : Beatrice B., Evelyn, Isa W., Charles 
AV. W. 

3. Charles Harrison, b. Oct. 28, 1812; drowned in Little 
Duck Pond, Aug. 8, 1859. 

1. Katie :\r.. b. Apr. 21, 1816 ; m. :\Iellcn Jose of Biddeford, 
July 22. 1873. 

5. Josephine, b. Feb. 21. 1818; m., June 9, 1867, Alphonso 
S. Merrill ; children : Belle M. and Charles H. 

6. Isabel F., b. May 19, 1850; m., Sept. 21. 1875, Jas. K. 
:\Iorrell. 

7. Charles, b. Oct. 3, 1859; d. young. 

FOSTER 

Edward P. Foster and his wife, Clai'a H. (Leighton) Foster, 
had the following children : 

1. Alice M., m. AValter Whitney of Gray. 

2. George B., m. Emma ^Manchester of Windham. Has one 
child, Donald. 

3. William K. ; m. Jennie Shaw of Windham. Has one 
child, Cedric A. 

1. Lewis, m. ]\l,Yrtle Baker of Greenwood. ^lass. Has two 
children, Merle and Carl. 

5. Oliver H. ; unmarried ; resides in Windham. 

6. Frank W. ; unmarried ; resides in Roslindale, ]\Iass. 

7. Effie G. ; m. Harry Graffam ; resides in Roslindale, Mass. 
This family has resided in Windham since ^lay, 1901. 

GILSON 

The Gilson family is of Scotch ancestry and settled in Maine 
about seventy-five years ago. 

Emerson F. Gilson came to W^indham from Raymond, Me., 
Apr. 1. 1881. His wife was Nellie ]M. Small of Raymond. She 
was born Nov. 29, 1860. Their marriage took place Apr. 3, 1876. 
Children: Serena :\r., b. Apr. 7, 1890; William E., b. Jan. 29, 
1892. 



566 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

GRANT 

Andrew Grant eame from New York to ^Vlaine in the early 
part of the last century and settled in Penobscot Co. His son, 
Hiram, was, for a short time, a resident of Windham. Hiram 
Grant was the father of Jeremiah J. Grant, who was born in 
Patten, Maine, in 1852. 

Jeremiah J. Grant married Bertha Jaekman of Patten, a 
lineal descendant of the Standish and Bradford families of 
"Mayflower" fame. They had two sons, Adelbert and Harold; 
both now deceased. 

Mr. Grant married, second, Susan ^l. Jordan of New York 
City, a descendant of Rev. Robert Jordan, who settled in Spur- 
wink, in 1640. 

HASKELL 

Charles Augustine Haskell, wlio lived at East Windham for 
more than half a century, was an adopted son of the town. He 
was the son of Moses ^I. and Polenah S. (Mclntire) Haskell, and 
was born in New Gloucester, Ma.v 13, 1836. After leaving the 
district school, where he acquired his education, he learned the 
trade of horse-shoei' which he followed for six years in New 
Gloucester. 

He married. April 1-4. 1863, Hannah Allen Libby, the young- 
est daughter of Elias and Elizabeth (Hawkes) Libby of Wind- 
ham. After their marriage, ]Mr. and ]\Irs. Haskell went to live 
in New Glouce^ster, where they remained until 1866, when they 
purchased the farm in Windham from Mrs. Haskell's father and 
removed there. This farm consisted of about one hundred 
fortA^ acres, forty acres of which Mr. Haskell placed in a high 
state of cultivation, and, for many years, successfully engaged 
in farming and butter-dairying. He has always been held in 
the highest esteem by all w^ho knew him. He served on the 
board of selectmen of Windham in the years, 1874-75, and again 
in 1901-2-3. In 1891, he served as collector of taxes of the 
town. In 1901, Mr. and Mrs. Haskell sold the farm to their 
oldest son, but continued to reside there until 1909, when they 
removed to Portland, where they are now living. 

Mr. and Mrs. Haskell have four children : 

1. Frederick Lincoln Haskell, born in New Gloucester, Sep- 



AfPENDIX I. ADDITIONAL GENEALOGIES 567 

tember 12, 1865; acquired his education in the common schools 
of the town and at Bridgton Academy ; and assisted his father 
on the farm until his marriage to Jessie A. LeGrow of Windham, 
on November 19. 1887. After his marriage, he purchased a farm 
in Cumberland, where he engaged extensively in potato raising 
and dairying until 1901, when he sold his farm in Cumberland 
and purchased that of his father in \Vindham, where he has since 
resided. ^Ir. Haskell has always taken a keen interest in public 
affairs. He served upon the board of selectmen in Cumberland, 
and has frequently been called for public service since residing 
in WindhauL He is a member of Presumpscot Lodge, No. 127, 
F. & A. M.. Windham, Sebago Lodge. No. 38, K. of P., Gray, 
and Falmoutli Grange, P. of H., Falmouth. ^Ir. and Mrs. Fred 
L. Haskell have two children, viz: Walter Everett and AVinifred 
Hannah ; both are unmarried and live at the home of the parents 
in Windham. 

2. Ella Florence (Haskell) Lamb was born in W'indham, 
October 30, 1867. She received her education in the common 
schools of her native town and at Bridgton Academy. For sev- 
eral years she taught with marked success in Windham. She 
was married to Eugene Brooks Lamb of Naples, September 14, 
1892. They have one child, Luella Alay, who resides with her 
parents in Portland. 

8. Frank Herbert Haskell was born in Windham, July 1, 
1871. He graduated from Bridgton Academy in 1890 and from 
Bowdoin College with the degree of A.B. in 1895. After grad- 
uating from college, he taught for two years in the Arlington 
School at North Windham. He was admitted to the Cumber' 
land Bar at Portland, in April, 1899. and to practice in the 
United States Court, in May, 1900. On his admission to the bar 
he opened an office in Portland and from that time to the present 
has devoted himself to his profession with a degree of diligence 
that has placed his name among the most successful practitioners 
of the State. In 1895, he was elected a member of the school 
board for two years; from 1896 to 1900 he was collector of taxes; 
and, in 1901-02, represented the classed towns of Windham and 
Pownal in the Legislature. He is a Past Master of Presumpscot 
Lodge No. 127, F. & A. M., a Past Chancellor of Rocky Hill 
Lodge No. 51, K. of P., Portland, a member of Mount Vernon 
Chapter No. 1, Portland Council No. 1, and Deering Chapter 



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568 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

No. 59, Order of the Eastern Star. Mr. Haskell married, April 
27, 1901, Martha Whitino- Howe of Fryeburg. 

4. Alta Gertrude (Haskell) Cook was born in Windham, 
]March 1. 1875. She graduated at the Windham High School in 
the class of 1897, after which she taught for several years with 
marked success in Casco. She married, December 25, 1899, 
AVilliam Jordan Cook of Casco, where they now live. Air. and 
Airs. Cook have two daughters, Alice Alarguerite and Helen 
Elizabeth. 

Daniel Haskell came from Gorham to Windham. Alaine. in 
1813. He married Alary, daughter of William and Rachel Bol- 
ton, April 15, 1794. He had nine children: 

1. James, born Feb. 10, 1796; married Lydia Elliot, Nov. 5, 
1823. 

2. Betsey, born June 8. 1799; married Oliver Alayberry. 

3. AVilliam, born Jan. 17, 1802 ; died Feb. 10. 1803. 

4. William, born Dec. 27, 1803; married Alargaret Alagill. 

5. Anna, born Feb. 26, 1806; died Alay 30, 1829. 

6. Oliver, born Feb. 26. 1808. 

7. Eveline, born July 25, 1810; died April 26, 1888. 

8. Daniel N., born Jan. 7, 1813; died April 25, 1838. 

9. Rachel B., born Nov. 16, 1814; married Alarshall Thombs. 
Daniel Haskell died April 2. 1845, at the age of 77 years. 

Alary, his wife, died June 22, 1863, at the age of 93 .years, 10 
months. 

Oliver P. Haskell, son of Daniel and Alary (Bolton) Haskell, 
married Charity Alayberry, Nov. 22, 1835, and settled on the 
farm of Daniel Haskell in WMndham. He had one son, Samuel 
A^alentine, born Feb. 14, 1838. She died Feb. 5, 1839. He mar- 
ried, second, Nancy, daughter of Josej)h H. and Sally Phinney, 
Alay 24, 1841. They had nine children: 

1. Sarah Jane, born Alay 20, 1842; married Edwai'd T. 
Cloudman, June 4, 1868; settled in Gorham. 

2. Ann Alaria. born Aug. 23. 1843; married Amos Alann, 
Oct. 29, 1865 ; settled in No. Windham. 

3. Esther Elizabeth, born Jan. 10. 1845; married Edwin 
A. Bodge, Jan. 13, 1867 ; settled in So. AVindham. 

4. Ella Alary, born Nov. 13, 1847 ; married AVm. H. AIcLell- 
an, Sept. 24, 1876 ; settled in Gorham. 



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569 



5. Rachel Medora, born Oct. 13, 1849; married Charles J. 
Larry, Aug. 31, 1873; died July 12, 1905. 

6. Casandana, born Mar. 15, 1853; married John :\IcLellan, 

Aug. 8, 1875. 

7. Oliver Daniel born June 9, 1856; married :\Iargaret 

Victoria Baker, Jan. 18, 1880. 

8. Ada, born ^Nlay 27, 1858. 

Oliver P. Haskell died Jan. 8, 1893. Nancy, his wife, died 
Feb. 10, 1901. 

Samuel Valentine, son of Oliver P. and Charity Haskell, 
married ^^I. :\Iaria Webb, Dec. 31, 1871, and settled in Wind- 
ham. He had four children: 

1. Lizzie Webb, born Aug. 30, 1873; died Aug. 15, 1883. 

2. Albert Oliver, born Feb. 23, 1879, married Helen S. 
Phelips, Feb., 1906. 

3. Emma ]\Iay, born July 25, 1885. 

4. Orville Valentine, born Sept. 6, 1887. 

Oliver Daniel Haskell, son of Oliver B. and Nancy Haskell, 
married :\largaret Victoria Baker and settled on the original 
Haskell farm in Windham. He had four children : 

Harold Baker, born :\lay 8, 1882. 

Wort Chester, born April 2, 1883. 

Herman Phinney, born May 12, 1887. 

Kemis Louise, born Dec. 26, 1890. 

HILL 
Henry H. Hill married Fannie Haskell of Salem, Mass. He 
moved to Windham in 1871. Children: 

1. Matilda, m., first, Rev. Orison Gammon ; second, Warren 
Libby; lives in Windham. 

2. Frances M., m., first, Edwin Robbins of New York; 
second. Henry Johnson ; had one child, Frank 0. Johnson. 

3. Drusilla, d. young. 

4. Livilla P., m. Albert Rogers of Windham ; had children, 
as follows : Marshall H., Linwood A., Fannie, Charles C, Walter 
S., and Andrew. 

5. George H., m. Miss I. M. Stiles of Gray. Children : 

1. Herbert F., m. Edith Allen. Their children are 



570 WINDHAM IX THE PAST 

]\Iaynard, Xornian. Henry. ^lyrtle, Dorothy, and Ray- 
mond S. 

2. Ethel E., m. Elmer E. Hawkes of Windham. 

3. Bertha ]\I., unmarried. 

IRISH 

Henry ^1. Irish moved from Gorham into Windliam in 1884. 
He married Miss L. ^1. Moses. Children: G. H., Eva L.. Albert 
N., Velma :\I. 

JAQUIS 

John C. Jaquis came to Windham from Parishville, X. Y. 
His wife was Louisa, daughter of Ezra Gould. Children : 

1. Adelaide, m. Chas. Shane of Casco. 

2. John M., m. Jennie Senter. Theii- ehildi-en were Ade- 
laide, Florence, Maude, and Lester. 

3. Margaret, m. Almanzer Kallock; was his third wife. 

4. Sarah, was the second wife of Almanzer Kallock. 

5. Walter S., m. Martha, daughter of Chester C. Smith of 
Brentwood. X. II. Children: 

1. Mary L.. b. Jan. 2, 1878. 

2. Alfreda I., b. :\Iar. 8. 1880. 

3. Lucinda A., b. June 28. 1883. 

4. Harvey A., b. Oct. 13, 1889; d. July 4, 1908. 

5. George F.. b. Sept. 2, 1894. 

LAMB 

Richard Lamb was born in Windham, Mar. 17, 1777. On 
Sept. 11, 1805, he married Hannah Austin, who was born in 
Windham, Oct. 7, 1787. Richard Lamb died ^lay 4, 1863; and 
his wife died Dec. 22, 1871. Children: 

Stephen A., b. Jan. 14, 1806 ; d. Jan. 10, 1868, in Illinois. 

Samuel B., b. Jan. 8, 1808; d. May 2, 1857, in Calais, Me. 

Hannah P., b. Apr. 20, 1810; d. Jan. 21, 1862, in Otisfield. 

Lydia A., b. July 21, 1812 ; d. Oct. 25, 1888, in Otisfield. 

Sarah H., b. June 9, 1815; d. Jan. 9, 1901, in Otisfield. 

Richard, Jr., b. Jan. 16, 1818; d. Xov. 24, 1894, in Windham. 

William A., b. July 22, 1820 ; d. July 30, 1902, in Windham. 

Eliza R., b. Sept. 17. 1823; d. Mar. 27, 1914, in Windham. 



APPENDIX I. ADDITIONAL GENEALOGIES 571 

Of these children, Hannah married Daniel Shedd, of Otis- 
field ; Lydia married Lewis Sawyer, of Portland ; Sarah married 
John Scribner, of Otisfield ; Richard, Jr., married Mary L. Whit- 
tier, of Gray ; William A. married Emma Whitney, of Buxton ; 
and Eliza married William B. Lamb, of Windham, who was the 
son of William and ^lary (Baker) Lamb. 

William Lamb, father of William B. Lamb above-mentioned, 
was born in Windham. His wife, Mary Baker, was born Mar. 
9, 1785, and died Oct. 10, 1871. Their children: 

Sallas. b. Apr. 27, 1814. 

Wm. B., b. Aug. 9, 1823 ; d. June 20, 1891. 

Sallas, son of William and Mary (Baker) Lamb, married 
Eliza Ann Dolley, June 2, 1833. She was born Nov. 12, 1813, 
and died Feb. 1, 1905. Children: 

Joseph W., b. Aug. 12, 1834; d. Jan. 22, 1869. 

Sylvanus B., b. Dec. 15, 1835. 

Melinda, b. July 24, 1838 ; d. Aug. 8, 1842. 

Mary M.. b. June 1, 1846; m. Oliver Walker; had children, 
Howard and Forrest Walker. 

Olive A., b. July 11, 1848; m. Elbridge Libby; had children, 
Sallas L. and William D. Libby. 

Sallas, Jr., b. Jan. 24, 1850; d. Apr. 10, 1863. 

Hattie J., b. Feb. 1, 1855 ; d. Apr. 18, 1863. 

Sylvanus B., son of Sallas and Eliza (Dolley) Lamb, mar- 
ried Harriet Elizabeth Hall, of Casco, Nov. 13, 1859. Children: 

Katie H., b. Jan. 6, 1861. 

Ralph, b. Aug. 18, 1869; m., first, Alice Lombard of West- 
brook, in 1903, by whom he had one child, Nadia H., b. Apr. 9, 
1906; second, Agnes McKenzie, by whom he had one child, Alice, 
b. May, 1913. 

Jordan, b. Feb. 2, 1872. 

Freeman K.. b. May 14, 1875, m. Gertrude, dau. of Amos and 
Annie (Haskell) Mann; lives in Deering and has children. 

William B., son of William and ]\Iary (Baker) Lamb, married 
Eliza, dau. of Richard and Hannah (Austin) Lamb, of Wind- 
ham. Children : 

Leander, b. Dec. 9, 1845 ; d. Sept., 1863. 

Hannah, b. Jan. 4, 1848; m. Willis Weeman, Jan. 1, 1872; 
d. June 21. 1913. 



572 WJNDHAM IN THE PAST 

Willard, b. Apr. 9, 1850. 
Mary, b. Oct. 29. 1852 ; d. Oct. 30, 1861. 
Ferdinand, b. Apr. 30, 1855. 

Emily D., b. Dec. 29, 1857; m. Wm. W. Field. Oct. 10, 1882; 
lives at No. Windham. 

Lucinda S., b. Jan. 2, 1861 ; m. Frank Atherton, Aug. 6, 1882. 
Frank E., b. Apr. 30, 1863 ; unmarried. 
Ida M., b. May 31. 1866; d. Aug. 2, 1874. 
Flora ]\I., b. Mar. 1, 1869; unmarried. 

Willard. son of William B. and Eliza Lamb, married Annie 
L. Rogers. Dec. 24, 1878. Children: 

Mabel E., b. Nov. 3, 1879; m. John White, of Portland. 

Carrie P., b. Jan. 6, 1882; m. Archie Latfin, of Portland. 

Beulah, b. May 17, 1884; m. Clarence W. Proctor of Wind- 
ham ; has one child, Annie ; lives in Belfast, Me. 

William Lincoln, b. Sept. 6, 1886 ; unmarried. 

Ferdinand, son of WMlliam B. and Eliza Lamb, married Mary 
E. Smith, ]\Iar. 28, 1883. Had one son, Leander. 

Leander, son of Ferdinand and ]\lary (Smith) Lamb, mar- 
ried Geraldine Field, of Windham, June 10, 1908. Children: 
Lillian G., b. Dec. 8, 1908. 
Elva E., b. July 16, 1911. 
AValter W., b. Dec. 25, 1913. 

Wilbur A., son of William A. and Emma (Whitney) Lamb, 
was born June 9, 1882. He married Emma Libby and has three 
children. Lives in Windham. 

MAXFIELD 

William Maxfield, one of the first settlers of Windham, Maine, 
who came from Marblehead, Mass., with the family of William 
Mayberry, in 1737, was born about 1720. William Maxfield 
married Susannah Webb in 1753. Susannah Webb was the 
daughter of Samuel and Bethia Webb, and sister of Eli Webb, 
the grandfather of Judge Nathan AA^ebb. She died prior to 
1763. Their children: • 

William, born Alay 1, 1754. 

Ann, birth not on record ; probably died before Nov. 1, 1767, 



APPENDIX I. ADDITIONAL GENEALOGIES 573 

as a daughter of the second marriage born on that date was 
named Annie. 

William Maxfield married ]\Iary Weseott (born 1738), July 
21, 1763, in Windham. Their children: 
Elizabeth, born :\lay 12, 1765. 
Annie, born Nov. 1, 1767. 
Daniel, born Dec. 24, 1769. 
Polly, born June 8, 1771. 
Josiah, born Mar. 31. 1773. 
Eliakim. born Jan. 2, 1775. 

William ^laxfield died prior to 1785, and his widow married 
Daniel Cook of W^indham. by whom she had one son Richard 
Cook born in 1786. She died in Casco, :\[e., Nov. 8. 1828, aged 
90 years. 

William ]\Iaxfield, son of William and Susannah (Webb) 
jMaxfield, married Isabel Webster. Their children : Two sons, 
George and Webster; three daughters, Aphia, Susan and Eliza. 

Eliza married Captain Nathaniel Shaw of Portland, ^le., by 
Avhom she had one son, Daniel Winslow Shaw, who served in the 
Civil W^ar in Co. F, First Elaine Cavalry. 

The children of William and Mary (Weseott) JMaxfield mar- 
ried as follows : 

Elizabeth, to Mark Haskell, Sept. 17, 1795. 
Annie to Daniel Watson. 
Daniel to Lydia Bailey, Dec. 24, 1796. 
Polly to Nathan Cook, July 31, 1790. 
Josiah to Nancy Partridge, Feb. 21, 1802. 
Eliakim to Rebecca :\Iann. July 23, 1797. 

Children of Eliakim and Rebecca (Mann) Maxfield: 

William, born July 8, 1798. 
Polly, born June 18, 1799. 
:\Iiriam. born Sept. 15. 1800. 
Eliakim, born Mar. 10, 1802. 
Sally, born Nov. 11, 1803. 
Rebecca, born Nov. 10, 1805. 
Eliza Ann, born Jan. 9, 1808. 
Almira T., born Mar. 6, 1811. 



67-4 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

George W., born Mar. 13, 1813. 

James, born May 2, 1815. 

John, born Feb. 12, 1818. 

Kebecca Mann was born Oct. 28, 1776. 

Children of Eliakim and Rebecca (]Mann) Maxfield married, 
as follows: 

William, to Mary Waterhouse, Jan. 6, 1828. 
Polly, to Lewis Gay, Oct. 27. 1826. 
Eliakim, to Lucy "Wheeler, Jan, 1, 1835. 
Rebecca, to Joseph Skinner, May 8, 181:2. 
Eliza Ann, to Robinson Cook, Oct. 12, 1834. 
George W., to Rachel Jackson, Apr. 21, 1842. 
The others were not married. 

Children of Eliakim and Rebecca (^lann) ]\Iaxfield died as 
follows : 

William, on May 30, 1885. 
Polly, on July 13, 1891. 
Miriam, on June 14, 1818. 
Eliakim, on July 2, 1865. 
Sally, on Oct. 17, 1804. 
Rebecca, on Aug. 2, 1848. 
Eliza Ann, on Mar. 7, 1897. 
Almira T., on Oct. 15. 1894. 
George W., on July 25, 1851. 
James, on Sept. 19, 1880. 
John, on July 5, 1818. 

Eliakim Maxfield died Aug. 2, 1849. Rebecca (Mann) ^lax- 
field died May 8, 1842. 

Children of William and Mary (Waterhouse) ^Maxfield: 

Franklin, born June 4, 1829. 

Miriam, born Dec. 31, 1832. 

Sumner C, born Feb. 9. 1834. 

Albert, born Oct. 28, 1836. 

Infant son, born Apr. 14, 1839. 

Lydia Ellen, born July 20, 1840. 

Married, as follows: 

Sumner C, to Mahala Purinton, July 15, 1860. 

Lydia Ellen, to J. Bernard Chandler, Feb. 18, 1866. 



appendix i. additional genealogiks olo 

Military Record 

Albert Maxfield served in the Civil War in the Eleventh 
Maine Infantry from Feb. 27, 1862, to Feb. 2, 1866. He joined 
the regiment as a recruit, after it had been in Washington, 
D. C, four months. He served as private in Company C ; as 
Commissary Sergeant and Sergeant Major on the non-Com- 
missioned Staff; as Second Lieutenant and First Lieutenant in 
Company I); and as Captain of Company H. 

Deaths : 

William .Maxheld. .May 80. 1885. 

Mary (Waterhouse) .Maxfield, .Alay 26, 1880. 

Their children : 

Franklin died Dec. 30, 1898. 

.Miriam died Apr. 10. 1833. 

Sumner C. died Sept. 10, 1903. 

Albert, still living (1914). 

Infant son died Apr. 14, 1839. 

Lydia Ellen, died Oct. 28, 1868. 

:\IERRILL 

Capt. Nathaniel .Merrill married Lois, daughter of Otis and 
Sarah (Allen) Baker, and settled on a farm ]nirchased of 
William Field, in Windham. Children: 

1. Leonard R.. m. .Miranda Varney. 

2. Cornelius B.. m. Sarah J. Mayberry. 

3. Lyman P., m. ]Mary A. Hale. 

■1. Alphonso S., m. Josephine Field. 

5. Sarah R., m. Leonard x\llcn. 

6. Eda .\., m. William H. Green. 

7. Orrilla J., m. Henry W. Anthoine. 

8. Lorana. d. young. 

9. Harris, m. Fannie Libby. 

Of these children, all arc dead except Alphonso. who resides 
in Windham. 

:\10HRELL 

.\bout 1798, two brothers. Jacob and Thomas .Morrell, came 
to Windham and settled. Jacob bought a farm of Joseph Elder, 



576 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

who married his sister, Annie, and lived there until his death. 
Thomas settled in the northern part of the town, on the place 
now owned by Charles Bi"and. 

Jacob ^lorrell married, first, Hannah Brackett of Portland ; 
second, Mrs. Dorcas Plumley. His children by his first wife 
were : 

1. Margaret, m. p]lias Baker of Windham. 

2. Jacob, m. Jane Gilman. 

3. Stephen, m. Lydia Ilawkes of AYindham. 

4. Thomas, m. Lydia Plumle.v of Windham. 

5. Eunice, m. Asa Legrow of Windham. 

Children by his second wife: 

1. Hannah, d. unmarried. 

2. ^lary A., m. Asa Legrow of Windham. 

3. Sarah, m. Stephen Cleaves of Saco. 

4. Benjamin, m. ^lary WHiipple of Sugar Hill, N. II. 

Children of Stephen and Lydia (Ilawkes) Morrell : 

L Elias, d. young. 

2. Catharine H., m., tii'st, Marsliall Rogers; second, William 
Shaw, both of Standish. 

3. Mai'.v E.. m. Isaiah Daniels of Portland. 

4. Louisa, d. unmarried. 

5. Cornelius X.. m. Annie L. Varney of Windham. 

6. Jacol) B., m. Elizabeth Ilumjihrey of Gray. 

7. Calvin, m. p]lla L. Baker of Windham. 

8. James K., m. Isabelle Field of Windham. 

9. .Afartha L., m. Edward Thayer of Gray. 

Children of James and Isabelle (Field) ^Ion-ell: 
L Elroy F., m. Eva ^lartin of Somerville. ^lass. 
2. IMarian I., m. ^lartin Si)iller of Raymond. 

( hildren of Jacob and Jane (Gilman) ^lori'ell : 

1. Margaret, d. unmarried. 

2. Mary J., m. Charles Bennett of Gray. 

3. Mark C, m. Frances Webster. 

4. W'illiam G., m. ^Irs. Louisa Gilpatrick of Windham. 

5. Silas v., m. Rebecca Cobb of Windham. 

6. Jacob N., m. Delphina Humphrey of Gray. 

7. Dextei- J. 



APPENDIX I. — ADDITIONAL GENEALOGIES 1 I 

Children of Jacob N. and Delphina (Humphrey) ^lorrell. 

1. Lott M., 111. Annie B. Thompson of Windham. 

2. Susie, d. young. 

3. JMary J., m. Howard Harmon of Windham. 

4. Eugene, m. Annie L. Anthoine of W^indham. 

5. Lizzie A. 

Children of p]ugene and Annie (Anthoine) ]\lorrelI : 

1. Mabel. 

2. Clifford 

3. Philip. 

Children of Thomas and Lydia (Plumley) ^lorrell. 

1. Andrew J., m. Mrs. Sarah Hasty of Standish. 

2. John L.. 1.1. Alfreda Legrow of Windham. 

3. Frances A., d. young. 

4. Frances A., m. Eli Stone of Casco. 

Children of Andrew and Sarah (Hasty) ^[orrcll : 

1. Annie, m. William Aiiderson of Freeport. 

2. Isaiah, m.. first. Lulu Rankin; second. Mrs. Prudence 
Toothaker. 

3. }iliklied, m. Harry Thompson of Deering. 

Cliild of Elroy F. and Eva (Martin) :\Iorrell : Elroy F.. Jr. 

NASH 

Barzilla Xasli, son of Samuel A. and Hannah (Humphrey) 
Nash, born in Gray, ]\Iarch 16, 1807, came from Portland to 
W^indham in 1817. He married Lovina Hicks in 1833. Chil- 
dren : Nathan G., Sara A., WMlliam S.. Charles P., Edward P.. 
John B.. :\Iary J., Isabel H. 

Edward P. Xash married Jose])hine Thompson, Feb. (i, 1876. 
Children: Howard E.. Lovina J., Clara A.. Julia ^L, Alice S., 
Herbert. 

XCGEXT 

Joseph C. Nugent was born July 7, 1859, at ^laple Grove, 
Quebec, being the son of William and Clementine (Campbell) 
Nugent. He married Annie B., daughter of Otis and Sarah 
(Dudley) Emery, of Gorham. :\Ie., July 1. 1886. Mrs. Annie 



578 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

(Emery) Nugent was born at Gorliam, Me., Mar. 21, 1864. 
Children : 

1. Eva ]\I.. b. Aug. 13, 1887, in Gorham ; m. Leroy R. Var- 
ney of Windham, Nov. 16, 1907. 

2. Morna L.. b. Nov. 21, 1888; m. LeRoi Harris of Chelsea, 
Mass., Nov. 28, 1912. 

3. Arthur J., b. Sept. 12, 1891 ; m. Florence L. Jordan of 
Windham, Aug. 20, 1910. 

4. Angelia M., b. Mar. 16. 1898. 

Mr. Joseph Nugent has resided in Windham since Apr. 7. 
1891. 

SENTER 

Asa Senter was born in Center Harbor, N. H., in 1782, of 
English parents. Pie came to Windham Hill on horseback, when 
a young man, before there were any roads. He married Fannie 
Farnsworth, who was born in Groton, Mass., in 1791. He built 
a house in Windham in the woods and cleared a lot. This house 
was occupied by the Senter family for nearly a hundred years. 
It is now occupied by Horace Bromley. 

:\Ir. Senter died in 1866. His widow died in 1879. Chil- 
dren : Henry F., Greenlief, Caroline, Eveline, Laura F., William, 
Ann, Isabel, ^lartha. 

Henry F. Senter married Susan A. Leighton. Children-. 
Etta, Charles P.. Albion, Andrew, William II., Fannie E., 
Alfonzo, John G., George II. 

Etta Senter died in 1879 ; unmarried. 

Charles P. Senter married ]Mrs. M. ]\I. LiW^y ; no children. 

Albion Senter married Annette Leavitt of Naples. Children : 
Willis A., Walter II.. Howard E., Annie. He died Apr. 14. 1908. 

Andrew Senter died young. 

William H. Senter married Emily ^I. Whitcomb. They had 
one child, William, who lives in Bridgewater, Mass. 

Fannie E. Senter married T. E. Hanson. She died in 1888; 
no cliildren. 

Alfonzo Senter married Eliza Webb of Windham ; no children. 

John G. Senter married Albina C. Hall of Windham ; lives in 
Windham. Children: 1. Alice ]\1.. m. Joseph Partridge; lives 
in Gorham. 2. Nellie F. 3. Susie E. 



APPENDIX I. ADDITIONAL GENEALOGIES 579 

George Senter died, leaving no family, July 30, 1908. 

Henry F. Senter died Apr. 17, 1886. His widow died Mar, 
5, 1905. 

Willis H., son of Albion Senter. married Annie Berry; re- 
sides in Chelsea, ]\Iass. 

Walter H., son of Albion Senter, married Edith Watson ; 
resides in Somerville, Mass. 

How^ard E., son of Albion Senter, married Annie Sprowl ; 
resides in Brighton, ]Mass. 

Annie, daughter of Albion Senter, married Harry Bakery 
resides in Portland, ]\Ie. 

THOMPSON 

William A. Thompson was born in Gray, ]\Ie., Sept. 7, 1847. 
Dee. 6, 1871, he married Clara Stevens of Windham; and, in 
1873, he moved to this town. Children : 

1. :\lartha J., b. Sept. 27, 1874. 

2. Annie B., b. Oft. 24, 1876; m. Lott M. :\Iorrell of Wind- 
ham, Nov. 28, 1901. 

TUKEY F A:\IILY 

The Tukey family of Windham are descendants of John 
Tukey, a shipwright, who eame to what is now Portland, from 
England, about 1744 and was then twenty-two years of age. In 
1749, he married Aibgail Sweetser. a daughter of Benjamin and 
Constance (Row^e) Sweetser. 

John Tukey died Dec. 19, 1803, aged 81 years; and his wife, 
Abigail, died Nov. 2, 1827, aged 97 years. 

John Tukey had fourteen children and eighty grandchildren. 
His son, Houchin, was born in 1759, and married, about 1776, 
Ehoda Blaisdell, a daughter of Capt. Nicholas Blaisdell. a captain 
in the Revolutionary army. 

Houchin Tukey served as a soldier in the army in the years 
1775, 6, 7. and 1779 and died Dec. 15, 1787, aged 28 years. His 
cliildren were as follows : 

1. Samuel Bangs, born about 1778. 

2. John, born about 1781. 

3. Emma, born about 1785. 

Samuel Bangs Tukey was a cooper. He married, first, Jan. 



580 WINDHAM ]N THE PAST 

11, 1805, Olive Smith; and, second, Jan. 2, 1825, Bethia ^lay-- 
berry, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Webb) INIayberry of 
"Windham. 

Samuel B. Tukey Avent to Windham. a])Out 1806, and bought 
two acres of land, near where Sidney A. ^layberry recently lived, 
where he lived and died. He bought seventy acres at Hubble 
Falls in 1807, which he sold in 1818. He died Jan. 13. 1852, aged 
73 years, and was buried at Windham Plill. His children were: 

1. Jane, who died young. 

2. Sallcy, born Dec. -4, 1808; married, Jan. 22. 1835, Samuel 
Hurnell, Jr.: died in June, 1888, aged 79 years, lie died at 
Cape Elizabeth, Feb. 2'J:, 1870, aged 59 years. 

3. Stei)hen, born Jan. 4. 1811 ; married in 1833, ^lartha 
Goldthwait ; died ]\Iarch 30, 18-46, aged 35 years. She died April 
21. 1874, aged 62 years. He was a carpenter and lived on Spring 
Street in Portland. He had six children. 

4. Jane, l)orn ^lay 5. 1812; married. Dec. 25, 1834, Otis' 
Varney of Windham. Theii" children were Olive Smith, Cyrus 
Bcde, and Augusta Fogg. ( yrus 15. is the only one living. 

5. Joshua, born Jan. 1, 1814. 

6. p]mnia, born April 9. 1815; died young. 

7. Samuel, born Feb. 11. 1819; died young. 

Joshua Tuke.v nairricd, first, Sept. 9, 1840, Lydia Kennard, 
who was born ^larch 28, 1815, and died Jan. 8, 1872, aged 56 
years. He married, second, ^lay 1, 1874, Mva. Louann (Stur- 
gess) Swett, the v.-idow of David P. Swett. She died Aug. 29, 
1899. 

Mr. Tukey was a farmer and lived near Windham Centei". 
He was a substantial man, a deacon in the Congregational 
Chui'ch and was a selectman in 1870-1. He left a good name to 
his family. His children were all l)y his first v.ife and are as 
follows : 

1. Daniel Rogers, born ^lay 1, 1841 : married, in 1871, Caro- 
line Webb; died Dec. 7, 1912. He served in the 25th Me. Hegt. 
He had one son, Ralph Hermon. 

2. Alonzo Pease, born April 25, 1845 ; married, Aug. 8, 1871. 

3. Harriet Frances, born May 17. 1847; died unmarried 
:\lay 19. 1882, aged 35 vears. 



APPENDIX I. ADDITIONAL GENEALOGIES 581 

4. Melissa Jane, born June 23, 1849 ; died unmarried Aug! 
1, 1882, aged 33 years. 

5. Olive Smith, born Nov. 21, 1851; died unmarried Aug. 
19. 1891, aged 39 years. 

6. Abbie Louise, born Aug. 14, 1855; died ]\Iay 27th, 1897. 

John Tukey, son of Houchin, born about 1781, married in 
1803, ]\Iartha Mayberry, a daughter of Capt. Richard Mayberry 
so well-known in connection with Windham's Revolutionary 
history. She died Nov. 15, 1814, aged 34 years. He removed 
to Raymond, about 1804, and died there Mar. 5, 1816. 

Emma Tukey, daughter of Houchin, born about 1785, mar- 
ried, Sept. 18, 1808. Stephen Fellows of Wakefield. N. H. They 
had six children. Her son, John Tukey Fellows, lives at Wind- 
ham Center. He was born Nov. 9, 1820, married June 16, 1844, 
Sarah E. Hackett ; and has had three children. 

John Tuke.v, the emigrant, has other descendants in Windham 
through his son, Stephen, who was also a Revolutionary soldier. 
Stephen Tukey 's oldest daughter, Mary, married John ^lorton, 
who Avas a son of Capt. Briant ]Morton, the Revolutionary captain 
of Gorham, and they had five children. Her youngest son, 
William White Morton, moved to Windham and married Adeline 
Hale Barton in 1842. They lived near Windham Center, and it 
was their sons, Stephen Tuke,v ^lorton, killed at Fredericksburg 
in Dec, 1862, and Frank Clark Morton, who was killed before 
Richmond in 1864. 

Stephen Tukey 's daughter, Nabby, married Seth Clark of 
Portland, in 1808, and they were the parents of Xabby Tukey 
(Clark) Goold, the widow of the late Hon. William Goold of 
Windham, who died in Windham, September 27th, 1897. 

Besides Houchin and Stephen. John Tukey, the emigrant, 
had a son, Benjamin and another, William, who were Revolu- 
tionary soldiers. Benjamin, while in the service, was mortally 
wounded on Congress, near Franklin Street, in Portland, l)y the 
premature discliarge of a cannon, while celebrating the capture 
of Gen. Burgoyne's army, in October, 1777. William entered 
the service at fourteen and served until peace was declared in 
1783. He lived until he was over ninety-two years of age, a 
respected citizen of Portland, and a pensioner for his service. 



582 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

VARNEY 

The first of his line to come to Windham was Timothy Var- 
ney, who came from Dover, N. H., in, or before. 1783. He died 
April 14, 1796. His wife, Joanna Hanson, died Sept. 22, 1796. 
His farm consisted of about 200 acres of land in the Kennard 
School District and comprised the farms now owned by C. N. 
Morrell, George Foster, I. R. Jordan, and Richard Libby. His 
family consisted of seven children, as follows : 

1. Ichabod, enlisted in the Revolutionary Army; afterwards 
settled in Bovvdoin, Maine. 

2. Micajah. m. Jane Kennard of Windham, >\Ie. 

3. Ezra, m. Abigail Morrell of Windham, Me. 

4. Patience, m. Silas Goddard of Windham, Me. 

5. Hannah, m. Elijah Kennard of Windham, Me. 

6. Samuel, m. Tamsin Kennard of Windham, Me. 

7. Abijah. m. Lydia Kennard of W^indham, Me. 

Children of jNIicajah and Jane (Kennard) Varne.y: 

1. Stephen, died unmarried, 24 years old. 

2. Susannah, m., first, Morrell Elder of Gray; second, Peter 
Carroll. 

3. Charity, m. William Haskell of Auburn, Me. 

4. Nehemiah, m. Hannah Hanscomb of Windham. 

Children of Nehemiah and Hannah (Hanscomb) Varney: 

1. Stephen, died 1851, 21 years old, unmarried. 

2. Charity Ann. m. John Elliott of Falmouth, Me. 

3. H. Miranda, m. Leonard Merrill of Windham. 

4. Elijah K., m. Augusta Stanford of Windham. 

5. Maria L., m. Eben ]\Ianchester of Windham. 

6. Rebecca J., m. Benj. Whitney of Cumberland. 

7. Juliet, died 1863, 15 years old. 

8. Lorana F., m. Eugene Leighton of Gray. 

Children of Elijah and iVugusta Varney: 

1. Charles S., m. Ann Field of Windham. 

2. Annie, m. Edwin Brown of Westbrook. 

3. Kate F., m. John Sayward of Windham. 

4. Alena, died an infant. 

5. Hattie H., m. Harry Willey of Windham. 

6. Leadore N., m. Lilla Emery of Windham. 



APPENDIX I. ADDITIONAL GENEALOGIES 583 

Children of Charles and Ann Varney : 

1. Randall L. 

2. Robert E. 

3. Geneva E.. m. Elmer Evans of Standish. 

4. Ehvood C. 

5. Harold W. 

6. Cecil F. 

Children of Ezra and Abigail (Morrell) Varney: 

1. Timothy, died young. 

2. James, died young. 

3. Abigail, died young. 

4. Joanna, m. Theophilus Towle. Their children were: 

1. Albert, m. Flavilla Purinton of Windham. 

2. Ezra, m. a Miss Boody of Windham. 

3. Abbie, m. Eliab Stevens of Rajmiond. 

4. ^lartha Ann, m. Benj. Stevens, probably of Thorn- 
dike. ]Me. 

5. Jeremiah, died an infant. 

6. Jeremiah. 

7. William Henry. 

8. Josiah. 

Mr. Towle moved to the eastern part of the State — we think 
to Thorndike. Very soon after this, Albert and his family went 
West and settled. 

Children of Samuel and Fannie (Kennard) Varney: 

1. Timothy, m. Peace Varney of Windham. 

2. Hiram, m. Susan Green of Standish. 

3. Jeremiah, m. Abbie Wiswell. 

4. Jane, m. Wheelwright Stevens of Raymond. 

5. Lewds, died unmarried, in Georgia, 24 years old. 

Children of Timothy and Peace Varney : 

1. Cynthia J., m. William Ward of Freeport. 

2. Lydia A., died in childliood, about 7 years old. 

3. Johnson, m. Nettie Redlon of Gorham. 

4. Charles L., m. Mary Thompson of Gray. 

5. Lydia M., m. George Hawkes of Windham. 

6. A. Franklin, m. Anna Maxwell of Freeport, 



584 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

Child of Johnson and Nettie (Redlon) Varney: 

Eva, m. Ori'en Libby of Windham. 

Children of Charles and Mary (Thompson) Varney: 

1. Walter C., m. Carrie Allen of Windham. 

2. Caribel J. 

3. Wilber, died in 1880, about four years old. 

4. ]\Iaud 31., m. Fred Manchester of Windham. 

5. Frank. 

Children of Hiram and Susan (Green) Varney: 

1. George Orson, m. Lueinda Young of Greenville. 

2. Sarah Jane.h . , ,, ,. . 

t-twms, both died voung. 

3. Angelme, { 

4. Edwin R., m. Janet Rice of No. Gorham. 

5. Sarah Jane, m. Dennis Sawyer of Windham. 

6. Harriett N., m. Orren Watkins of Casco. 

7. Laura E., m. Elbridge Libby of Windham. 

8. Charlotte A., ni. Joseph Tukey of Windham. 

9. ]\lark S., died unmarried in 3862, about 21 years old. 

10. Annie L., m. Cornelius Morrell of Windham. 

11. Sumner C, died in 1855, 9 years old. 

12. Julia E., m. Stephen Knight of Windham. 

Children of Edwin and Janet (Rice) Varney: 

1. Alice, died in childhood. 

2. Wilson B., m. :\Iary Theall of Chelsea, :\Iass. 

Child of Dennis and Sarah (Varney) Sawyer: 

Eugene, m. Emma Thurlow. 

Child of Elbridge and Laura (Varney) Libby: 

• Laura, m. Daniel Cram of No. Windham. Children: Lizzie 
and Bertha. 

Children of Abijah and Lydia Varney : 

1. Huldali A., m. Levi Varney, of Windham. 

2. Anna, died in childhood, about 7 years old, 

3. James, died unmarried. 

4. Otis, died an infant, 

5. Hannah, died an infant. 

6. Mary, died unmarried, about 20 years old. 

7. Isaiah, m. Susan Rogei's of Windham. 



APPENDIX I. ADDITIONAL GENEALOGIES 585 

8. Joel, m., first, Jane Lowell, Windham ; second, Mrs. 
Jennie . 

9. Otis, m. Jane Tukey of Windham. 

Children of Isaiah and Susan (Rogers) Varney: 

1. Marcena. 

2. Angelia. 

3. Mary. 

4. Oscar. 

5. Alfred. 

Children of Joel and Jane (LoAvell) Varney: 

1. Lois AVinslow, m. Dr. Horatio Tony of Naples. 

2. Almon Libby, m. Hannah J. Gibson of ]\Iedford, Mass, 

3. Edward Lowell, died unmarried; was a soldier in tho 
Rebellion. 

4. Elma Dora, m. Gen. Alfred Mordecai, lives in Washing- 
ton, D. C. 

Children of Almon and Hannah (Gibson) Varney: 

1. Gordon Edward, born in Medford, Mass. 

2. Theodore, born in Leavenworth, Ks. ; m. Elizabeth P. 
Lyon of Indianapolis, Ind. 

Children of Otis and Jane (Tukey) Varney: 

1. Olive Smith, m. Oliver H. Lowell of Windham. 

2. Cyrus B., m. Laura J. Bangs. 

3. Augusta F,, died 1860, 11 years old. 

Children of Cyrus and Lorna (Bangs) Varney: 

1. Cora Augusta, m. W^m. M, Leighton of Portland, Me, 

2. Elma Otis, m. Lena Estella Kenney. 

This line of Varneys goes back from Timothy, of the 5th gen- 
eration, to John, son of Ebenezer, son of Humphrey, son of 
William, who was the first Varney to come to this country, so 
far as can be learned. He came from England to Salem, Mass. ; 
lived in Ipswich, Mass., for a time, and died in Salem, in 1654. 
His wife. Bridget, died in Gloucester, in 1672. 

WINSLOW 

James Winslow moved from Westbrook to Windham in 1821. 
His wife was Hannah Sylvester. Children: 



586 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

1. Elizabeth, m. Daniel Hawkes of Windham. 

2. Mary, m. Noah Hanson of "Windham. 

3. Lucy A., d. young. 

4. Rufus, d. unmarried. 

5. Francis, m. Angeline Legrow ; children : William, Frank, 
Marietta, Flora. 

6. Sarah, m. Joseph Chute. 

7. Oliver, m. ^largaret J. Rhodes ; had one son, George, now 
deceased. 

8. Louisa, d. unmarried. 



APPENDIX II. TOWN OFFICERS 587 



APPENDIX I I . 



Lists of Town Clerks, Representatives to the General Court 
and to the Legislature, Selectmen. 



Town Clerks 



1762-1765, Thomas Chute. 
1766-1769, Abraham Anderson. 
1770, Richard Mayberry. 
1771-1773, Micah Walker. 
1774-1776, Richard Dole. 
1777-1782, Edward Anderson. 
1783-1788. Richard Dole. 
1789-1791. Abraham Osgood. 
1792, Caleb Rea. 
1793-1803, Richard Dole. 
1804, Josiah Chute. 
1805-1820, John Gallison. 

1821, John Collins. 

1822, William Brown. 
1823-1841, John Eveleth. 
1842, William Silla. 
1843-1844, John Eveleth. 
1845, Samuel Freeman. 
1846-1848, John Eveleth. 
1849, Samuel Freeman. 
1850-1854, John Eveleth. 
1855-1862, Howard C. Freeman. 
1863-1864, Peter R. Hall. 
1865-1867, George E. Hawkes, 
1868-1870, John C. Cobb. 
1871, Alpheus A. Goold. 
1872-1889, Fred S. Hawkes. 
1890-1893, Thomas S. Nason. 



588 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

1894-1898, Fred S. Hawkes. 
1899-1912, John N. Swett. 
1913-15, William C. Hawkes. 
1916, Philip W. Hawkes. 

Representatives to the General Court of ^Massachusetts 

1767-1768, Abraham Anderson. 

1797, Ezra Brown. 

1803, Peter T. Smith. 

1805- '07- '09- '10- '11- '12, Josiah Chute. 

1813-1815, Stephen Hall. 

1816, Nathan Goold. 

1817-20, Josiah Chute. 

Representatives to the Legislature of ]\Iaine 

1821, Daniel Hall. 

1822, Moses Little. 
1823-1826, John Eveleth. 
1827-1828, Stephen Webb. 

1829, Moses Little. 

1830, John Waterman. 

1831, Daniel Hall. 

1832, Elias Baker. 

1833, None. 
1834-1835, John Webb. 

1836, Enoch White. 

1837, Elias Baker. 

1838, Allen Hamblen. 
1839-1840, Sargeant Shaw. 
1841, Thomas Hawkes. 
1842-1843, Ezra Brown, Jr. 

1844, Edward Anderson. 

1845, None. 

1846, Stephen Webb. 

1847, Daniel Rogers. 

1848, Asa Legrow. 
1849-1850, Daniel Rogers. 
1851-1852, Samuel Hunt. 
1853, David P. Baker. 



APPENDIX II. — TOWN OFFICERS 589 



1854, Ephraim Legrow. 

1855, Oliver D. Dike, of Sebago. 

1856, Ezra Brown. 

1857, Jacob Marston. 

1858, Stephen R. Porter, of Sebago. 

1859, Seward :\I. Baker. 

1860, William Haley, of Sebago. 

1861, Seth C. Hunkins. 

1862, Thomas L. Smith. 

1863, James Gunnison, of Searboro. 

1864, Jason Webb. 

1865, Benjamin M. Baker. 

1866, Horatio Hight, of Searboro. 

1867, William Goold. 

1868, George Goold. 

1869, Seward B. Gunnison, of Searboro. 

1870, Ebenezer H. Mayo. 

1871, John C. Cobb. 

1872, Benjamin M. Baker. 

1873, Richard Mayberry. 
1874-1875, Charles Rogers. 
1876-1877, John T. Fellows. 

1878, Lindley M. Webb. 

1879, Andrew J. Morrell. 
1880-1882, Frank H. Boody. 
1883-1886, John :\I. White. 
1887-1890, John W. Lombard. 
1891-1892, Harrison R. Waterhouse. 
1893-1894, Harlan B. True, of Pownal. 
1895-1896, John J. Bodge. 
1897-1898, Joseph L. Robinson. 
1899-1900, Alroy Noyes, of Pownal. 
1901-1902, Frank H. Haskell. 
1903-1904. Fred S. Ilawkes. 

1905-1906, Harry S. Jordan, of Cape Elizabeth. 

1907-1908, Fred S. Hawkes. 

1909-1910, Harry S. Jordan, of Cape Elizabeth. 

1911-1912, Percival Greenleaf, of Otisfield. 

1913-1914, Roland H. Soule. 

1915-, Thomas Varney. 



590 windham in the past 

Selectmen 

1762, Caleb Graffam, Thomas Mayberry, John Farrar. 

1763, John Bodge, Thomas IMayberry. Abraham Anderson. 

1764, William Knight, Caleb Graffam, Richard ]\Iayberry. 
1765-1766, James Bailey, Thomas Chute, Isaac Elder. 
1767, Curtis Chute, William Knight, Thomas Mayberry. 
1768-1769, Caleb Graffam, Thomas Mayberry, Abraham Ander- 
son. 

1770, Caleb Graffam, Hugh Crague, William Knight. 

1771, William Copprian, William Knight, William Elder. 

1772, William Knight, William Copprian, Zebulon Hunnewell. 

1773, Caleb Graffam, Thomas Mayberry, Richard ^Mayberry. 

1774, lehabod Hanson, Hugh Crague, Thomas Trott. 
1775-1776, Thomas Trott, lehabod Hanson, David Barker. 

1777, William Knight, Abraham Osgood, Daniel Pettengill. 

1778, Abraham Osgood, Timothy Pike, Thomas Trott. 

1779, Timothy Pike, Paul Little, Caleb Graffam. 

1780, Caleb Graffam, Jonathan Loveitt. Thomas Trott. 

1781, Paul Little, Jonathan Loveitt, Edward Anderson. 

1782, Daniel Pettengill, William Knight, Abraham Osgood, 

1783, Gershom Rogers, Ezra Brown, Daniel Pettengill. 

1784, Gershom Rogers, Ezra Brown, Joseph Hooper. 

1785, Ezra Brown, David Purington, Gershom Rogers. 
1786-1787, Edward Anderson, Ezra Brown, David Purington. 

1788, Josiah Chute, Ezra Brown, David Purington. 

1789, David Purington, Paul Little, Josiah Hooper. 

1790, Ezra Brown, Paul Little, David Purington. 

1791, Winslow Hall, Josiah Chute, Ezra Brown. 
1792-1794, David Purington, Josiah Chute, Ezra Brown. 
1795-1796, Ezra Brown, Josiah Chute, Abraham Anderson. 

1797, David Purington, p]zra Brown, Thomas Crague. 

1798, Josiah Chute, Ezra Brown, David Purington. 

1799, William Hall, Thomas Crague, Edward Anderson. 

1800, Ezra Brown, Josiah Chute, Thomas Crague. 

1801, Ezra Bvown, David Purington, Elijah Kennard. 
1802-1804, David Purington, Paul Little, Josiah Chute. 

1805, David Purington, Josiah Webb, John Swett. 

1806, David Purington, Josiah Webb, John Chute. 

1807, Josiah Chute, Ezra Brown, William Hall. 



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APPENDIX II. TOWN OFFICERS 51)1 

1808, Josiali Chute, William Hall, Noah Read. 
1809-1811, Josiah Chute, Josiah Webb, William Hall. 
1812-1813, Nathan Goold, Josiah Webb, William Hall. 
1814-1815, Nathan Goold, Stephen Hall, Josiah Chute. 

1816, Nathan Goold, William Brown, Josiah Chute. 

1817, Nathan Goold, AVilliam Brown, Timothy Hanson. 

1818, Nathan Goold, William Brown, Josiah Webb. 

1819, W'illiam Brown, Josiah Webb, Stephen Hall. 

1820, William Brown. Joseph Staples. Stephen Hall. 

1821, Nathan Goold. Thomas Little, Josiah Webb. 

1822, William Brown, Ebenezer Hawkes, John Gallison. 

1823, John Eveleth, William Brown, Ebenezer Hawkes, 3d. 
182-4, William Brown. Ebenezer Hawkes, 3d, Stephen Webb. 

1825, Stephen Webb, Daniel Hall, Joseph Staples. 

1826, William Brown, Joseph Staples, Edmund Boody. 

1827, William Brown, Ebenezer Hawkes, 3d, Timothy Hanson. 

1828, William Brown, Elias Baker, Solomon Hawkes. 

1829, Elias Baker, Stephen Webb, Edward Anderson. 

1830, William Brown, Thomas IMayberry. Jr., John Read, 
1831-1832, Tliomas Mayberry. Jr., John Read, John Waterman. 

1833, Thomas ]\Iayberry, Jr., Elias Baker, John W^ebb. 

1834, Thomas ^laybcri-y, Jr., Edward Anderson. James ?irin- 
tosh. 

1835, Thomas Mayberry, Jr., Edward Anderson, Thomas Yarney. 

1836, Stephen Webb. Allen Hamblen, Asa Legrow. 

1837, AA^illiam Brown, Thomas Hawkes, Asa Legrow. 

1838, Levi Tobie, Asa Legrow, Lewis Hardy. 

1839, Thomas Hawkes, Levi Tobie, Lucius Whipple. 
1840-1841. Thomas Hawkes, Lucius Whipple, William E. Brown. 

1842, William Silla, Edward Anderson, Josiali Fogg. 

1843, Lucius AVhipple, Thomas Hawkes, Thomas L. Smith. 

1844, Lucius Whipple, Enoch Mayberry, Thomas L. Smith. 

1845, Lucius Whipple, Enoch ]\Iayberry, Ezra Brown, Jr. 

1846, Enoch ^layberry, Ezra Brown. Jr., Edward Anderson. 
1847-1848, Edward Anderson, ]\Iark Knight, Thomas Hawkes. 
1849-1850, Ezra Brown, Jr., Samuel Freeman, David P. Baker. 
1851-1853, Thomas ]\Iayberry, Ephraim Legrow, Thomas Hawkes. 
1854, Thomas Hawkes. Ephraim Legrow, Edward Anderson. 
1855-1856, William Silla, Elisha Jones, Jason Hanson. 

1857, Thomas ^layberry. Thomas L. Smitli, Jason Hanson. 



592 WINDHAM IN THE PAST 

1858, Thomas Mayberry, Charles Jones, Charles Rogers. 
1859-1860, Oliver Pope, Jason Hanson, William S. Cobb. 

1861, Samuel Freeman, William Silla, Abijah H. Purington. 

1862, Samuel Freeman, Abijah H. Purington, Charles Hunne- 
well. 

1863-1864. Abijah H. Purington, Charles Hunnewell, Isaiah 
Elder. 

1865, William Silla, Charles Jones. Charles Rogers. 

1866, Thomas L. Smith. William :\I. Smith, Andrew J. ^Morrcll. 
1867-1869. Charles Jones. Charles Rogers. William M. Smith. 
1870-1871, William H. Varney, Joshua Tukey, William S. Cobb, 
1872-1873, William H. Varney, Charles Jones, William M. Smitli. 
1874, Benjamin .Al. Baker, Joel Rand, C harles A. Haskell. 

1875 
1876 
1877 
1878 
1879 
1880 
1881 
1882 
1883 
1884 
1885, 
1886 
1887 
1888 
1889 
1890 



John T. Fello\<-s, Joel Rand, ( harles A. Haskell. 
John T. Fellows, Urban Lowell, Charles R. GoodcU. 
Charles R. Goodell, Urban Lowell, Thomas L. Allen. 
Charles R. Goodell, Thomas L. Allen, Frank H. Boody. 
Frank H. Boody, Thomas L. Allen, Urban Lowell. 
Charles R. Goodell, Charles Rogers, Joseph W. Read, 
diaries Rogers, Joseph W. Read. Elbridge Lord. 
Joseph W. Read, Elbridge Loi-d, Orin P. Chaffin. 
Joseph W. Read, Edwin A. Bodge. Cornelius X. ^Morrell. 
Cornelius N. ^Morrell, Charles Jones, Frank P. ilayo. 
Charles Jones, Edwin A. Bodge, Thomas L. Allen. 
Charles Jones, Edwin A. Bodge, Thomas S. Nason. 
Charles Jones, Thomas S. Nason. Sumner C. Maxfield. 
Charles Jones, Charles Rogers, Sumner C. ]Maxfield. 
C harles Jones. ( harles Rogers. Ilii am C. Hawkes. 
Charles Rogers, Harrison R. Watcrhouse, Samuel V. 
Haskell. 

1891, Charles Rogei'S. Harrison R. Watcrhouse, Leroy B. Nason. 

1892, Charles Rogers, Charles 0. Hawkes, Hiram C. Hawkes. 

1893, Cornelius X. Morrell, Howard II. Boody. Peter Stuart. 

1894, Ploward H. Boody, Peter Stuart, William A. Larry. 

1895, Howard IT. Boody, Peter Stuart. Sumner C. Maxficld. 

1896, Peter Stuart, Sumner C. :\laxfield, Cornelius N. :\Iorrell. 

1897, Charles H. Anthoine, Edwin A. Bodge, Thomas J. INIann. 

1898, Charles H. Anthoine. Cornelius X. Morrell, Thomas J. 
INIann. 



APPENDIX II. TOWN OFFICERS 7)9'.] 

1899, Cornelius N. ^Morrcll, Charles II. Anthoinc, Thomas J. 
Mann. 

1900, Thomas J. ]\Iann, George A. Newell, Charles H. Anthoine. 
1901-1902, George A. Newell, Charles A. Haskell. Charles R. 

Moore. 
1903, George A. Newell, Charles A. Haskell, George P. Jordan. 
1904-1905, George A. Newell, George F. Jordan, Almanzer Kal 

lock. 

1906, Howard H. Boody, Almanzer Kallock, Charles B. Walker. 

1907, Howard H. Boody. Almanzer Kallock. Joseph L. Robinson. 

1908, George A. Newell, Howard H. Boody, Eugene J. Sawyer. 

1909, George A. Newell, Eugene J. Sawyer, AVilliam H. Cram. 

1910, William H. Cram, Charles H. Anthoine, Jere J. Grant. 

1911, George A. Newell, Jere J. Grant, Samuel Larrabee. 
1912-1913. AVilliam H. Cram, Jere J. Grant, Charles II. An- 
thoine. 

1914, William H. Cram, Ferdinand Sawyer. Samuel Larrabee. 

1915. William H. Cram, Ferdinand Sawyer, Jere J. Grant. 
191(i. W. IT. Cram. Ferdinand Sawyer, J. J. Grant. 



CORRECTIONS. 
Page 96, line 23. "He lured," should read "Allured." 
Page 304. line 6. For "he," substitute "his son, Jonathan." 



INDEX 

CHAPTERS I-XIV 



PAGE 

Adventist Society. 143-145 

Aikins, Rev. J. E., 126 

Allen, Andrew 242 

Allen, Cyrus K., 247 

Allen. David, 240 

A^len, Isaac. Jr 130 

Allen, Jeremiah, 14, 149, 151, 153 

Allen, Joel 247 

Allen, Peletiah, 130 

Allen, Thos 242 

Allen, Wm. H., 242 

Anderson, Abraham, 38, 52. 54. 59, 61, 67, 69 fit', 71, 77, 83, 84, 
93, 98, 102, 104. 105, 109, 111, 112, 127, 162, 166, 176, 179, 

180, 181. 212. 272 

Anderson, Ann, 112 

Anderson 's Falls, 233. 234 

Andrew, Jonathan, 226, 249 

Androscoggin Pulp Co., 226, 227 

Androscoggin River, 81 

Bacon, John, 243 

Bacon, Leonard 226 

Bacon, Wm 132, 133, 243, 249 

Bagaduce Expedition 208, 220 

Bailey, Dr. C. W.. 250 

Bailey, Jas., 112 

Bailey, John, 13, 17, 20, 21, 31, 37, 53, 103, 149, 162 

Baker, Benj. .^1., 233 

Baker, David, 254 

Baker, Elias, 135, 254 

Baker, Ichabod, 252 

Baker, Isaiah 252 

Baker, Seward .M 252 

Bangor Theological Seminary, 213, 124. 125, 126 



INDEX 595 

Baptists. Free AVill, 132, 183, 134, 135 

Baptists, General, 134 

Barker, David, 113. 114. 173, 195, 196, 201 fE 

Barker, Thos., 127, 212. 213 

Bartlett, Nathaniel, 13, 149, 152 

Bartlett, Thos 149. 152, 154 

Barton, Ebenezer, 205 ff 

Bean, Capt., 61. 62. 79 

Bernard. Gov. Francis, 159. 160, 166 

Berry. Capt. Geo 38, 41, 59, 66, 68 

Berwick, Town of 56, 61 , 62 

Beverly, ]\lass., 14 

Biard. Rev. Father 55 

Bickford, Wm., 243, 250 

Bickford. Wni. H 250 

Blaney. Jedediah, 13, 21, 149, 153, 154 

Blaney. Jos., 9, 11. 14, 17, 22, 54. 103. 149, 152, 154, 158, 163 

Bodge. Elbridge S 243 

Bodg-e, Rev. Geo. M., 22, 50 

Bodge, John. 39, 50, 51, 53, 61. 65, 67, 69, 71, 78, 98, 105, 109. 

112, 162. 166 

Bodge, Rev. Jolm A., 134, 192. 243 

Bodge, Rebecca (Chute) , 39 

Bodge. Thos., 245, 256 

Bolton, Mary. 112 

Bolton. Peter, 227 

Bolton, Thos., 38, 42. 47, 52, 54, 61. 67, 69, 70, 71, 77, 93. 112, 163 

Bolton, Wm 47, 52, 54, 61, 64, 65, 67, 69, 71, So, 81. 98, 163 

Boody, Edmund 135, 256 

Boody. Henry H., 232. 253 

Boody. Howard H.. 253, 256 

Boody, ^Irs. Lizzie (Pride) , 253 

Bowden, Francis, 13, 39. 149. 151, 153 

Bowden, Michael 12, 21. 43, 7y.l 102. 149, 152. 154, 162 

Bowdoin College. 254 

Bowen, Nathan, 13, 14, 17. 20. 31, 49, 54, 88, 89, 100, 107, 108, 

'. 109, 111. 150, 153. 155, 158-162 

Bragdon. Samuel, 241 

Bridge over Prcsumpscot. First, 17. 18, 28, 30 

P>rimblecomb, Samuel, 13. 21. 47, 54, 149, 153, 163 



596 INDEX 

Brown, Amos 208 

Brown, C. A. & Co., 226 

Brown, Daniel, 210 

Brown, Ezra, 43, 45. 53, 83 ff.. 95, 102 

Brown, Ezra, Jr., 114. 135. 137, 174, 181. 211 

Brown, Mary (Boobier) 43, 95 

Brown, Wm • 188 

Brunswick, Town of 62, 81 

Biyant, P. W., 250 

Bryant, Kalpb. 250 

Bnckficld. Town of 45 

Bnll, Robert 13. 150, 152 

Burrill, p]benezer, 10 

Biizzell, Dr. J. M 133, 255 

Galley, I\Ioses 13, 54. 103, 149, 153. 162 

Galley Wright 's Brook. 246 

Gampbell, Wm 112 

Canada 47, 64. 66. 79, 81 

Gape Elizabeth, 38 

Carter, Dr. Frank 255 

Gartland, John 131 

Caseo Bay. 11 

Caseo, Town of 47 

Castine. :\Ie 209 

Chase, Eleazer 44. 53, 54, 112, 163. 207 ff. 

Chase. Ilii-am 134, 145 

Chase, Jane 44 

Chase, Jos., 45 

Chase, Nathaniel, 45, 210 

Chase, Thaddeus, 254 

Chute. Abigail 34 

Chute, Curtis, 46, 51. 53, 61, 67. 69, 78. 95, 98, 104, 112, 162 

Chute. Jas.. 210 

Chute, Josiali 127, 182, 205 ff. 

Chute, Lionel, 33 

Chute, ]\rary (Curtis) , 34, 46, 175 

Chute, Thos.. 13, 20, 21, 33, 34, 39, 44. 46, 48. 51, 52, 53, 54, 
60. 61, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 75, 93, 94, 102, 105, 112, 
127. 149, 152, 154. 162, 166, 181, 205 ff., 248, 256, 272, 275 



INDEX 597 

Chute, Wm. E., 33 

Cloutman, Timothy, 83, 84 

Cobb, Edwin, 234, 247 

Cobb, John C, 254 

Cobb, Fhebe, 131 

Cobb, Pope, 131 

Cobb, Robert, 134 

Coggswell, Nathaniel, 13, 14, 20, 22, 26, 149, 152, 244 

Cold Friday, 281 

Cole, Algernon, 237 

Coleman, J. B 229 

Coleman, Peter 13, 102, 150, 152, 153 

Collins, John, 253 

Cook, Daniel, 130 

Cook, Elijah 131 

Cook, Jos., 246 

Corey. "Walter, 231 

Correspondence, Committees of, 193 ff. 

Crague, Elizabeth (Warren) 42 

Crague, Hugh. 42 

Crague, Hugh, Jr., 42, 52, 54, 69, 78, 98, 112, 163, 167, 177, 193 

Crague, Jas., 245 

Crague, Jane 42 

Crague. ]\Iary (McLellan) , 42 

Crague, P., 52 

Crague, Thos.. 127, 179 

Cram, W. H. & Son, 253 

Crockett, Jas., 243 

Crockett, Lathrop, 226 

Crudleford, Nathaniel, 155 

Cumberland Light & Power Co., 231 

Dana, Richard, 12, 16, 102, 150, 153 

Dark Day, 280, 281 

Dartmouth College, 120. 253 

Davis, Geo. W 251 

Day, Eunice, 131 

Deane, Rev. Samuel, 114, 115, 119, 277 

Deblois, Thos. A., 253 

Dedham, :\Iass 40, 89, 91 



598 INDEX 

Devorix. Humphrey, 14, 103. 150, 152 

Ditch Brook, 233, 237 

Dodge, Benj., 13, 14, 102, 149, 152 

Dole, Richard, 43. 119, 173, 175. 177, 194, 201. 203, 207, 208. 

213, 245, 273 

Dole, Samuel, 46, 245 

Doughty, Chas. H., 251 

Dover. N. H 39 

Duck Pond, 278 

Dudley, Wm., 10 

Dunn, Dr. B. F.. 255 

Du Pont de Nemours Co 230 

Earthquakes, 282 

Edgecomb, Dr. Eli 255 

Edgecome, Nicholas, 13. 153, 154 

Edwards, Royal, 244 

Elder, Edwin S., 190, 192 

Elder, Isaac 96, 112 

Elder. Jacob, 

Elder. Joseph, 233 

Elder. ^Mary, 47. 95 

Elder, Robert, 38 

Elder, Samuel, 38, 44, 47, 52, 93 

Elder, Wm., 47, 52. 54. 69, 95. 98, 104. 109. Ill, 163. 166, 

173, 212 

Eliott, Jacob, 210 

Emery, Calvin, 245 

Epes, Daniel. 9 

Evans, ^lary 45 

Evans, Nathaniel, 14, 45, 48, 54, 103. 112, 149, 153. 163, 244, 273 
Eveleth, John, 254 

Falmouth (Portland), 11, 16, 20, 25, 32, 33, 37, 39, 41, 47, 57. 

79, 112, 157 ff. 209 

Farmer, John, 102 

Farrow, Bethia, 35 

Farrow, Hannah, 47 

Farrow. John. 35, 36, 40, 47, 51, 54, 61, 67, 69, 71, 77, 83, 93, 

98, 109, 111, 112, 162, 166, 272 



INDEX 599 

Farrow, John. Jr., 35, 37, 47, 51, 61, 67, 69, 78, 80, 95, 98 

Farrow, ^lary. 38 

Farrow, Persis, 35, 36, 40, 47 

Felton, John 14, 54, 148, 153, 163 

"Fish Kill," Town. 206, 207 

Fletcher, Rev. S. S.. 140, 141 

Forest Fire, Great 279, 280 

Fowler & Lafiin, 227 

Freeman. L. S., 253, 257 

Freeman, Warren, 253 

Free ^lasons, 257 

Freshets, 235, 282, 283 

Friends' Academy, 131, 190 

Friends' Society 129 ff. 

Frost, Daniel, 243 

Frost, Hezekiah, 1 83. 253 

Frothingham, Thos., 14, 148 

Gallison, John. . 182, 183 

Gallison, Joseph, 13, 36, 149, 151 

Gambo, 227, 232, 233, 237 

Gammon, Rev. Orrison 134 

Garland, Samuel, 251 

Garnier, 237 

Georgetown, Town of, 43 

Gerry & Cram, 232 

Giles, John, 18 

Gilman, Rev. Tristram, 114. 115, 119 

Golden Cross, United Order of. 258 

Goodell. John, 245 

Goodwin, Wm.. 10, 14, 17, 18, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 45, 

. .48, 50, 54, 86, 87, 89, 90. 100, 103, 107, 148, 158, 159, 163 

Goold, Nathan, 188, 223, 224 

Goold, Nathan, Jr.. 213 

Gould, Rev. W. H., 142 

Gorham, Town of, 56, 59, 61, 62, 69, 72, 73, 78, 96, 97, 104, 123 

Graffam, Abigail, 41 

GraflPam, Caleb, 41, 53, 54, 66, 69, 80, 81, 105, 109, 111, 112, 

163, 166, 176, 193, 201, 274 

Graffam, Lois (Bennett) , 41, 95, 112 



600 INDEX 

Gragg. Rev. Wm 120, 121 

Great Falls. 230, 231, 279 

Greenough, Jas., 256 

Griffin, Joseph 13, 21, 54, 149. 151, 153, 163 

Groton, Mass., 38, 121 

Hale. Rev. J. L., 121, 122 

Hall Andrew, . 130 

Hall, Daniel. 130 

Hall, Hate Evil, 112 

Hall. Jedediah, 130 

Hall, Job, 208 

Hall. Wm 130 

Hall, Wm. F., 247 

Hall, Winslow, 179, 180 

Hamblen, Allen. - 247 

Hamblen, Byron, 247 

Hamblen, Geo., 247 

Hanson, Amos, 131 

Hanson, Elijah 130 

Hanson, Ichabod 206, 210 

Hanson, Jonathan, 130, 250 

Hanson, Joshua 135 

Harding, Jos, B., 135 

Hardy. Isaac, 206 

Harper, Dr. I. D., 255 

Harvard College, 40, 86, 91, 112, 118, 120, 253 

Hasty, Chas., 252 

Haverhill, ^lass., 14 

Hawkes, Alley, 251 

Hawkes, Amos, 130 

HaAvkes, Ebenezer, 10. 14, 17, 18, 21, 27. 28, 29, 30, 31, 103, 

150, 152 

Hawkes, Ebenezer, Jr., 12, 21, 53, 102, 149, 153, 154, 162 

Hawkes, Fred S., 252 

Hawkes, Jas., Jr., 251 

Hawkes, Nathaniel 130, 241 

Hawkes, Samuel R., 251 

Hawkes, Wm. C, 252 

Hayden, Rev. C. A., 141 

Hedge, Dr. Isaiah, 255 



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INDEX 601 

Hendly, Benj., 13, 20, 31, 38, 90, 118, 153, 151 

High School, 191, 192 

Hills, Capt. Daniel, 68, 70, 71, 75, 76, 77, 78 

"History of Windham," Thos. L. Smith's, 22, 33, 35, 10, 57, 

63, 175, 190, 216, 217, 233, 251, 272, 278, 279, 280 

Hobbs. Rev. A. W., . 131 

Hobson, John, 9 

Hodge, Nicholas 86 

Hoffman, Rev. 0. J., 131 

Holyoke, Edw., 102, 149, 153 

Holyoke. AVm., 13, 39 

Homan, John 11, 150, 152, 153 

Hooper, Jos., 179 

Hooper, Robert, 13, 21, 10, 103, 152, 153 

Horse Beef Falls 21, 31, 225. 218 

Houghton, Dr. L. W., 255 

Houghton, Rowland, 10, 11 

Howard. Abraham, 9, 11, 13, 11, 119, 151, 152, 158, 162 

Howard, Joseph, 13, 54, 102, 150, 153, 162 

Hoyt. Andy L., 250 

Hubbardton, Battle of, 208, 213, 218 

Humphreys, Thos., 39, 52 

Hunneweil, Zerubbabel, 12, 52, 51, 59, 68, 104, 113, 119, 162, 

193, 195 

Hunkins, Dr. S. C, 255 

Hunt, Columbus, 253 

Hunt, :\Ioses, 232, 235 

Hurricane, The Great, 278, 279 

Hurst, Jos., 238 

Hussey, Rev. Leander, . 138, 140 

Huston, Edw. J., 232, 233 

Incorporation of Town, 160-166 

Indian Conference, 22 ff. 

Ingalls, John, 160, 161, 162 

Ingalls, Wm., 14, 54, 103, 149, 154, 163 

Ingram, Rev. Thos., 131 

Inkhorn Brook, 63, 158, 159, 179 

Ireland 35, 38, 39, 42, 47 

Ivreamy, Giles, 14, 54, 119, 152, 163 



602 INDEX 

Jackson, Win. H., 220 

James, Benj 13, 38, 54. 150, 152 

Jones, Chas., 252 

Jones. Lemuel. 179 

Jordan, Dominicus, 11, 22, 59, 60, 61 

Jordan, Jas 205 

Jordan, Nathaniel, 59 

Jordan, Dr. R. B., 255 

Jordan, Wm. C, 244 

Kaiser, Karl 229, 230 

Keene. John, 237 

Kellogg, Rev. Gardiner 120, 183 

Kennard, Elijah, 179 

Kennard, Thos., 178 

Kilgore, Dr. G. L., 255 

Knapp, Jonas, 41. 52, 66, 69 

Knight, Al)igail, 41 

Knight, Albert 38, 246 

Knight, Geo.. 210 

Knight, Hannah Roberts 41 

Knight, Jason, 244 

Knight, John A 232, 246, 247 

Knight, Joseph, 41. 63, 68, 81, 82 

Knight, Jos. W.. 191 

Knight, Mary Haskell, 41 

Knight. Nathaniel 226 

Knight. Wm 41, 53, 63, 103, 113, 193, 201, 208, 225 

Knight, Wm., Jr., 41, 59. 63, 68, 113 

Knights of P.vthias, 257 

Kyle. Rev. R. J., 125 

Langothe, Wm., 69 

Larry, Jos. C 243 

Larry, Meshach P 243, 244 

Larry, Wm. A., 245 

Leavitt. Rev. Fenwick, 142 

Lee, Jere., 109, 111, 155 

Lee, Samuel, 13, 38. 102, 149, 152, 154 

Legarde, Marv, 178 



INDEX 603 

Legrow, Elias 208 

Legrow, Jos., 208 

Leighton, Rev. Geo. E., 142 

Lexington, Battle of, 202 

Lexington, Mass., -42, 46 

Libby, Andrew, 256 

Little, Augustus H., 247 

Little, Moses, 233 

Little, Paul, 113, 114, 119, 126, 127, 179, 180, 210, 212, 248 

Little Falls, 41, 225, 237 

Little Sebago Lake, 232, 234 

Long, Geo., 244 

Lord, Samuel, 210 

Loveitt, Capt. Jas., 135, 137 

Loveitt, Jonathan, 211, 227, 248, 281-283 

Loveitt's Falls, 232, 278 

Lowell, Stephen 112 

Magnusson, Jas. A., 250 

Majory, Jos 13, 53, 152, 154, 162 

Mallison Falls, 24, 31, 81, 225, 233, 237 

Mallison Falls Mfg. Co., 237 

Manchester, Abigail, 37 

Manchester, Anna, 37 

Manchester, Gershom, 36, 38 

Manchester, Gershom, Jr., 37, 51, 61, 67, 69, 71, 77 

Manchester, John, 37, 51, 53, 69, 95, 98, 104, 113, 162 

Manchester, Mary (Bailey) , 37, 38, 96 

Manchester, Sea Fair (Mayberry) , 37 

Manchester, Stephen, 35, 51, 54, 61, 67, 76, 78, 83, 84, 98, 112, 

162, 167, 202, 208, 219, 272 

Manchester, Stephen, Jr., 37 

Manchester, Thos., 83 

Manchester, Mass., 41 

Mann, Amos, 244 

IMansfield, Isaac, 13, 54, 102, 149, 154, 155, 162 

Marblehead, Mass., 9, 14, 16. 26, 37, 48 

Marshall, Dr. N. M., 255 

Masse, Rev. Father, 55 

Mathews, Samuel, 45, 53, 95, 98, 104, 162 



604 INDEX 

Mayberiy, Bethia, 112 

Maybeny, David, 205, 207 

Mayberry, John, 53, 54, 210 

Mayberry, Richard, 51, 54, 105, 112, 162, 193, 201 ff. 

Mayberry, Saiimel, 240 

Mayberry, Thomas, 51, 53, 61, 67, 69, 70, 71, 80, 81, 98, 104, 109, 

Ill, 112, 162, 166, 176, 210 

Mayberry, William, 14, 34, 35, 48, 50, 51, 53, 54, 58, 61, 67, 69, 
71, 80, 98, 105, 112, 149, 153, 154, 162, 163, 205, 206, 

242, 272 

Maxfield, Andrew D., 229 

Maxfield, Mary ( Wescott) , 46 

Maxfield, Susannah (Webb) , 46 

Maxfield, Wm.. . 46, 61, 98, 112, 173, 174, 273 

Maxwell, Wm., 50, 53, 61, 64, 67, 69. 71, 162 

Mclntyre, Mary, 39 

McQuaker, Wm., 238 

Meeting House, First, 10, 17, 18, 19 ff. 

Meteoric Shower, 281, 282 

Methodists, 131, 132 

Middlebury College, 121 

Miller, Robert, 113 

Miller, Rev. Wm., 143, 144 

Millet, Nathan, 18 

Millikin, Dr. R. G., 255 

Millions, Robert, 95, 205 ff. 

Minister. First Settled, 10, 13, 86, ff., 152,153 

(See also Wight, Rev. John). 

Ministry, Grant for, 10, 13, 51, 57, 91, 148, 152, 153 

Mitchell, Perley E., 245 

Moody, Benj., 177, 178 

Morrell, Stephen, 130 

Morrill, Andrew J., 252 

Morrill, Benj., 180 

Morrill, L. M., 244 

Moulton, Jeremiah, 57, 59 

Mugford, Robert, 45, 53, 54, 104, 112, 163, 273 

Nagwamqueeg, 24, 30, 31 

Narrows, The, 232, 234 



INDEX 605 

Nason, Tlios. S., 253 

New Boston (Gray) , i^O 

Newbury, Mass., li, 37, 86, 242, 248 

New Gloucester, 39, 44, 80 

Newhall (See Gambo). 

Newhall, Ezra F., 229 

Newhall. G. G. & Co., 228 

Newhall, Joseph 229 

North Yarmouth, 11, 16, 20. 61, 62, 80. 82, 158 ff. 

Noyes, David, 207 

Noyes, Jos 155 

Noyes, Simon, . 112, 166 

Old Tavern, 256 

Oriental Powder Co., 229, 230, 244 

Osgood, Abraham 179, 211 

Osgood, Francis 240 

Oulton, John, 13, 14, 17. 41, 102, 150, 153, 154, 158 

Ovingham. Eng ^2 

Paine. Dr. Jas 127, 255 

Palmer, John 13, 21, 152, 154 

Parker. Dr. Chas. F., 255 

Parker, Rev. Walker, 134 

Parramore, Robert 12, 22, 53, 102, 150, 152. 154 

Parsons, Dr. C. G 255 

Parsons. Dr. J. A., 2o5 

Patrons of Husbandry, 258 

Patterson, John 177. 178 

Payne, Rev. Thos 1-12 

Payson, Rev. F. L., 1^2 

Pearson. Jas., 1-1, 152 

Peekskill, Town, 206, 218 

Penobscot 209 

Pepperell, Wm 57, 59 

Perham, Rev. John 123 

Ferryman, Jas 13. 53, 149. 152, 153, 162 

Pesumpscots, 22 

Pettingall, Daniel, 208 

Pigot, George 12, 27, 102. 150, 151, 153 



606 INDEX 

Pike, Timothy, 103, 206, 209, 242 

Pleasant River, 232, 233, 234, 282 

Poland, Me., 37 

Polin, Chief, 22, 24, 29, 43, 45, 82, 84, 85, 202 

Pope, Elijah, 130. 243 

Pope. Isaiah, 234, 244, 247, 252 

Pope, Joseph, 183, 232, 234, 253 

Pope. Nathan 234 

Pope, Oliver, 232, 234, 243 

Pope, Robert 234 

Powder ]\Iill Explosions, 283 

Powder Mill Explosions, Men killed in, 283-284,— (Not indexed 

individually) . 

Pownall, Thomas, 103, i06 

Pratt, Jos., 131 

Presumpscot Falls, 38 

Presumpseot River, 11, 12, 14. 18, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 

30, 33. 39. 49, 62, 81, 82, 84, 225, 233, 237, 271, 275, 278, 282 

Proctor, Jonathan, 13, 88, 89, 102, 152, 154 

Proctor, Samuel, 11 

Province Fort, Old, 43, 52, 57, 60, 61, 64, 80, 83, 95, 108, 114, 

167, 175, 207, 212 

Purinton, Chas 135, 137 

Purinton, David, 130, 179, 180 

Rand, Daniel ^l 250 

Rasle, Rev. Father 55 

Rea, Dr. Caleb, 255 

Read, Noah, 183 

Rebellion, War of ( Causes) , 259 

Rebellion, War of, Windham Soldiers in, 259, ff. (Not indexed 

individually) . 

Rechabites, Order of, 257 

Red :\len, 258 

Redritf, Eng., 39 

Reed, John 13. 154 

Reed. Richard, 13, 21, 53, 103. 149, 153, 162 

Relief Corps, Woman 's, 258 

Revolutionary War, List of Windham Soldiers in. 213 ff. (Not 

indexed individuallv) . 



INDEX 6U7 

Rhode, Lonnon 208 

Rinclge Woolen Co., 239 

Hines, Jas., 208 

Roberts, Joshua 180 

Robertson, Stephen, 1 80 

Robinson, Chas 239 

Rolnnson, John, 130, 2-40 

Robinson, Joseph L 239 

Robinson, Oliver 240. 241 

Robinson, Thomas 238 

Robinson, Timothy, 2-40, 241 

Rockameeeooks, 22 

Rogers, Chas 232, 253 

Rogers, Linwood 244 

Rogers, J. Reed, 253 

Rogers, W. H., 244 

Rogers & Goold 247 

Rogers & Vai-ney, 247 

Roman Catholic Church, 55 

Saccarappa. 11, 17. 18, 24, 35, 41, 49, 72, 73, 157. 209, 271, 282 

Saco, 81 

Saco River, ^1 

Saw Mill, First Itj. 26 It'., 225 

Scarborough 41 , 42, 56, 59 

School Districts 180 ff. 

School Lot, 12, 50, 149, 151, 152, 153, 173 If. 

Sebago Lake, 11, 22, 82, 84, 228 

Senter, Greenleaf , 242 

Sharrar, James, 13, 53, 102. 150. 151. 153 

Shepherd, Rev. John W., 122 

Shirley, Gov. Wm., 22 if., 56, 57, 6S, 70, 71, 75, 82 

Silla, Wm 137, 256 

Skinner. Jas.. 13, 88, 89. 102, 154 

Small, Rev. D. F 135 

Smith Cemetery, 85, 91 , 219 

Smith, "Capt.," 23 

Smith, Edw. T., 244 

Smith. Howard .AI 230 

Smith, Peter, . 205 ff . 



608 INDEX 

Smith, Kev. Peter T., 47, 108 If.. 127. 128 

Smith, Rev. Thos., -46, 62. 81, 82, 86, 91, 111, 12!) 

Smith, Thos., Jr 249 

Smith, Thos. L 185, 186. 187 

Smith. Wm. H., 256 

Smithurst, Joseph, 18, 44, 54, 102, 149, 151. 153 

Spear, Bethia, 4(! 

Spear, David 40 

Stacey, Ebenczer, .... 13, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 100. 102, 152, 154 

Stacey, John, 13, 53, 149, 152, 154, 162 

Stacey, Samuel 12, 53, 149. 151. 162 

Staples, S. H. & Co 247 

Starbird, Nathaniel, 40. 51 

Starling, Joseph 48, 50, 58. S:i. 105, 162, 166, 274 

Stevens, Abnev 245 

Stevens, Rev. A. R 145 

Stevens, Chase 181), 188. 1911 

Stevens, Rev. Geo., 185 

Stevens, Hannah ( Weseott) , 44 

Stevens, John 44, 52, 59, 102, 112, 168, 166. 278 

Stevens. John, Jr., 44, 52. 1 04, 168 

Stevens. Jonathan, 245 

Stevens. Nathaniel, 44 

Stevens, Richard 44 

Stevens, Tlios 102 

Stevens, AVm 245 

Stinchfiekl, Wm.. 118 

Stone, Rev. Nathaniel 118 tt'. 

Strout, Elias. 250 

Strout, Sihis F 181 

Strout, Rev. Thos.. 134 

Swan, Dr. John, 255 

Sweet, Jos 18, 21, 47. 102. 149, 152, 153 

Swett. Geo. W 250 

Swett, John 205, 207 f£. 

Sylvester, Richard, 247 

Tasco, ' ' Esqr., " 50 

Tax Payers in 1776, 204 (Not indexed individually) . 

Temperance Associations, 256 



INDEX 609 

Teshaiy, Geo.. 207 ff. 

"Thompson's War," 202 

Thurrel, Davis, 37 

Tiverton, R. 1 36, 38. 39, 40, 47 

Tobin, Samuel. 210 

Town House, 168, 191 

Triekey. Zebulon 230 

Tripp, Stephen, 83, 207 

Trott, Benj., 205 If. 

Trott, Thos., 96, 112, 177, 193, 195, 202 ff., 274 

Tucker, Andrew, 14, 21, 54, 149, 153. 154, 163 

Turner, Isaac, 14, 17, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 

Turner, Samuel, 49, 50, 53, 106, 107 

Twort. Rev. W. J 135 

I'nivcrsalists 135 ff. 

Valle.v Foro-e, 207, 212. 217 

Varney, Abijali, 233 

Varney, Elijah 234, 244 

Varney. Ezekiel, 246 

Varney, Joel. . 233 

Varney, Samuel 233 

Varney, Thos 234 

Wainwright, John 9 

Wait, Benj., 1 02, 155 

Waldo, Samuel, 57, 59 

Walker, Chas. B 245 

Walker, Micah 34, 43, 52, 54, 95, 112, 163, 177 

Walker, Molly, 44 

Walker, AVm., 44 

Wallace, Lieut.; 47, 64, 65 

War of 1812, Summary of Causes 222 if. 

War of 1812, Windham Soldiers in, 223, 224 (Not indexed in- 

individually) . 

Warren, Rev. Wm., 122, 123, 190 

Waterman, Dr. John. 255 

Webb. Albert 249 

Webb, David, 61. (i7. 69. 70. 71 , 78 



610 INDEX 

Webb, Edw., 208 

Webb, Eli, 104, 112 

Webb, Dr. Jas. P., 255 

Webb, Jason, 256 

Webb, John, 12, 61, 67, 69, 71 , 78 

Webb, Josiah, 182, 183 

Webb, Josiah B 190 

Webb, Samuel, 39, 40, 51, 53, 61, 65, 67, 77, 104, 112, 162, 

175, 176 

Webb, Seth, 36, 40, 51, 53, 61, 65, 66, 67, 78, 80, 85, 95, 162 

Westbrook, Thos., 23, 25 

Weston. Dr. T. S., 255 

West Point 217 

Whipple, Jas., 228 

Whipple, Olivei- M 228 

White, Enoch, 231 

White, John 231 

White, John :M., 231 

Wight, Benj., 91 

Wight, Deliverance (Carpenter), 91 

Wight, Eunice, 91 

Wight. Rev. John, 37, 39. 40, 41, 44. 45, 52. 61, 67, 6S, 77, 88 ft"., 

106,107, 161 

AVight, John Jr.. 49. 50, 53, 91, 109, 111, 160, 161, 162 

Willard, "Mr.," 23, 24 

Winship. Lieut. Edw., 42 

Winship, Ephraim, 42, 46, 50, 53, 83, If., 105, 109, 111, 112, 162 

Winship, Gershom, 46, 50, 53, 83, 112, 162 

Winship, John, 210 

Winship, Nancy (Mayberry), 35, 46 

AVinslow, Benj 1 30 

Winslow, Oliver, 246 

Wiswell, Rev. Luther 124, 125 

Wood, Thos., 13, 53, 150, 153, 163 

W^right. Galley, 12, 102, 149, 152 

Wright, Chas. H 231 

Yates, F. E., 257 

York, County of, 21, 59, 61, 89 

York, Jolni 232. 256 



INDEX 611 

Yorktowii, Surrender at, 212 

Genealogy, 285 

Appendix I., 562 

Appendix II, 587 



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